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Ages Ago

Poster
1869 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Advertising card for Ages Ago at the Royal Gallery of Illustration in November 1869. Printed in London by Stannard & Son.

Mr and Mrs German Reed presented theatre for a fashionable London audience. They described their venue as a ‘gallery’ and the show as an ‘entertainment’ to give it respectability. The operetta Ages Ago had music by Frederic Clay and a libretto by W.S. Gilbert, and was produced two years before Gilbert began his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAges Ago (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph with metal eyelets
Brief description
Advertising card for Ages Ago at the Royal Gallery of Illustration in November 1869. Printed in London by Stannard & Son
Physical description
Chromolithograph advertising card for Ages Ago, with a colour image showing the interior of a great hall and historical figures stepping out of the picture frames on the wall. Two metal eyelets are punched at the top edge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Width: 45.7cm
Gallery label
Mr and Mrs German Reed presented theatre for a fashionable London audience. They described their venue as a ‘gallery’ and the show as an ‘entertainment’ to give it respectability. The operetta Ages Ago had a libretto by W.S. Gilbert, and was produced two years before Gilbert began his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan. (16/08/2016)
Literary referenceAges Ago
Summary
Advertising card for Ages Ago at the Royal Gallery of Illustration in November 1869. Printed in London by Stannard & Son.

Mr and Mrs German Reed presented theatre for a fashionable London audience. They described their venue as a ‘gallery’ and the show as an ‘entertainment’ to give it respectability. The operetta Ages Ago had music by Frederic Clay and a libretto by W.S. Gilbert, and was produced two years before Gilbert began his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan.
Collection
Accession number
S.2521-1986

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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