Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1941 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. Image of can-can dancers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising Black Velvet, 'The famous intimate rag from the London Hippodrome'
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Image of can-can dancers.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 49.1cm
  • Poster width: 31.3cm
Object history
The poster advertises that there is no increase in prices. Associated Production: Black Velvet. Performers: Ted Ray (comedian), Joy Hayden, Noele Gordon, 16 Hippodrome Lovelies. New Empress Theatre, Brixton, London. 8.9.1941. Performance category: revue. This production is billed as 'an exact replica of the production which played to packed houses at The London Hippodrome'.
Collection
Accession number
S.972-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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