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Theatre Poster

Poster
ca.1900 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. A vagabond in tattered clothes sits at a grand table eating bread and wine, whilst a flunkey serves roast meat, to which a well-dressed boy standing in the foreground gestures expansively.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTheatre Poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising The Two Little Vagabonds at the Adelphi Theatre
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. A vagabond in tattered clothes sits at a grand table eating bread and wine, whilst a flunkey serves roast meat, to which a well-dressed boy standing in the foreground gestures expansively.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 56.2cm
  • Image height: 39.8cm
  • Poster width: 38.3cm
  • Image width: 27.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
This poster has a copyright registration number with the printer's name, Copyright Reg No.28916. Associated Production: The Two Little Vagabonds, Les Deux Gosses. Playwright: Geo. R Sims. Playwright: Arthur Shirley. Author: M. Pierre Decourcelle. Adelphi Theatre, London. 15.1.1900. Performance category: melodrama. Production type: revival. This play was adapted from the original French novel by M. Pierre Decourcelle.
Collection
Accession number
S.307-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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