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Poster

Poster
25/09/1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Willsons' Printers (printer)
Place of origin
Leicester (city) (made)

Poster advertising a Variety performance featuring Lee's Celebrated Coloured Operatic Mexican Minstrels, Drill Hall, Penrith, 25 September 1899.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitlePoster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising a Variety performance featuring Lee's Celebrated Coloured Operatic Mexican Minstrels, Drill Hall, Penrith, 25 September 1899
Physical description
Typographic poster with black and red lettering
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.1cm
  • Poster width: 25.4cm
Credit line
Given by Barbara Munro
Object history
Associated Production: Performer: Arthur Jewell (singer), Mouing (stump speech), Vic Vevers (banjoist), Geo Fixott (female impersonator), Lee's Mexican Minstrels. Penrith, Cumbria. 25.09.1899. Performance category: variety, music hall, minstrels, stump performer.

NB 'minstrels' or 'minstrelsy' originated in the United States around 1830 and was based on racist negative stereotypes. Minstrelsy played a significant role in cementing and proliferating racist attitudes. The term is repeated here in its original historical context.
Summary
Poster advertising a Variety performance featuring Lee's Celebrated Coloured Operatic Mexican Minstrels, Drill Hall, Penrith, 25 September 1899.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.731-1990

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1161662/poster-poster-willsons-printers/
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