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H.M.S. Pinafore

Advertising Card
c.1887 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'H.M.S. Pinafore or the Lass that Loved a Sailor', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances.


Object details

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Object type
TitleH.M.S. Pinafore
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'H.M.S. Pinafore or the Lass that Loved a Sailor', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Anonymous. c.1887.
Physical description
Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'H.M.S. Pinafore or the Lass that Loved a Sailor', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances.
Dimensions
  • Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. height: 12.8cm
  • Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. width: 17cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
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Associations
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Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Accession number
E.1714-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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