The Gondoliers

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Artist/Maker	Hildesheimer & Faulkner (printer) Havers, Alice (artist)
Place of origin	Germany (printed) England (designed)

Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Gondoliers', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Design of a man and woman leaning against a stone monument. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances together with adverts.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Advertising Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Advertising card
Title	The Gondoliers
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Colour Lithography
Brief description	Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Gondoliers' a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Design by Alice Havers, England. Printed by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, Germany. c.1885.
Physical description	Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Gondoliers', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Design of a man and woman leaning against a stone monument. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances together with adverts.
Dimensions	Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. height: 12.8cm Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. width: 17cm
Subjects depicted	Theatre Man Woman Monument Skull Garland
Associations	Gilbert, William Schwenck Sullivan, Arthur
Associated objects	E.1714-1925 E.1715-1925 E.1716-1925
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1717-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O763461/the-gondoliers-advertising-card-havers-alice/

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