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The Tyrant

Poster
1925 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Buchel, Charles (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

Colour poster showing a portrait of Matheson Lang as Cesare Borgia.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Portraits
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Tyrant
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithography
Brief description
Poster, with a portrait of Matheson Lang as Cesare Borgia, advertising a performance of 'The Tyrant' by Rafael Sabatini. Colour lithograph designed by Charles Buchel. 1925.
Physical description
Colour poster showing a portrait of Matheson Lang as Cesare Borgia.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 51.1cm
  • Size of sheet width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Charles Buchel' (Signed)
Object history
The Tyrant by Rafael Sabatini, was first produced by Matheson Lang at the New Theatre, London, 18 March 1925.

The same design used on this poster was reproduced on the front of the programme of this production.
Subjects depicted
Theatre
Actor
Lang, Matheson
Borgia, Cesare
Literary referenceRafael Sabatini's play <i>The Tyrant</i>, first produced by Matheson Lang at the New Theatre, London, 18 March 1925.
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
7/E10 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1385-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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