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The Beggar's Opera by Mr Gay

Poster
1920 (designed), 1920 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Claud Lovat Fraser (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'The Beggar’s Opera by Mr Gay'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Signed and dated 1920.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Beggar's Opera by Mr Gay
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'The Beggar’s Opera by Mr Gay'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Designed by Claud Lovat Fraser. England. 1920.
Physical description
'The Beggar’s Opera by Mr Gay'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Signed and dated 1920.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 49.6cm
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 and dated 1920.)
Subject depicted
Theatre
Place depicted
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
Association
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
Associated object
E.3935-1920 (Version)
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Millard, C. The printed work of Claud Lovat Fraser. London. 1923. p. 275.
Other number
13/C8 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3934-1920

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1029893/the-beggars-opera-by-mr-poster-claud-lovat-fraser/
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