Not on display

Poster

1866 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. Image of a scene from the play in which three men in 18th century costume are drinking from pitchers inside a mill or tavern.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on card
Brief description
Poster advertising Crying Jenny and Laughing Johnny at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 1866
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Image of a scene from the play in which three men in 18th century costume are drinking from pitchers inside a mill or tavern.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 38.2cm
  • Image height: 20.8cm
  • Poster width: 28.7cm
  • Image width: 26.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Crying Jenny and Laughing Johnny, Jeanne qui Pleure at Jean qui Rit (original title). Playwright: Jacques Offenbach. Adapted by: Benjamin Webster. Adelphi Theatre, London. 16.4.1866. Performance category: comic opera. This opera was originally produced in Paris in 1865.
Production
Nassau Steam Press, 60/69 St Martin's Lane, WC
Collection
Accession number
S.284-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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