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Artist/Maker	Hassall, John (RI, RWA) (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (printed)

'Poppy and Her Trainer. The Sporting Girl at Newmarket'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production of Newmarket, a racing comedy with music by F. Taylor and E. B. Jones performed by Alexander Loftus’s Musical Comedy Company at the Opéra Comique, London, 22 August – 17 October 1896. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Poppy and Her Trainer. The Sporting Girl at Newmarket'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production of 'Newmarket', performed by Alexander Loftus’s Musical Comedy Company at the Opéra Comique, London, 22 August – 17 October. Designed by John Hassall. Great Britain. 1896.
Physical description	'Poppy and Her Trainer. The Sporting Girl at Newmarket'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production of Newmarket, a racing comedy with music by F. Taylor and E. B. Jones performed by Alexander Loftus’s Musical Comedy Company at the Opéra Comique, London, 22 August – 17 October 1896. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 75.5cm Width: 50.4cm Dimensions taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions	Signed.
Subject depicted	Theatre
Bibliographic reference	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	17/E3 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3161-1914

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O712130/poster-hassall-john-ri/

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