Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Claridge, Lewis & Jordan Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)

Typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Le Lac des Cygnes [and] Les Sylphides [and] Les Patineurs [and] The Prince of the Pagodas [and] Checkmate [and] Noctambules [and] Ballet Imperial [and] The Shadow [and] Madam Butterfly [and] La Boheme [and] A Masked Ball [and] Carmen [and] Turandot [and] Rigoletto [and] Coppelia at Royal Opera House, London, 1957
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 51cm
  • Poster width: 31.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Dance: Le Lac des Cygnes (25.3.1957), Les Sylphides (27.3.1957), Les Patineurs (29.3.1957), The Prince of the Pagodas (1.4.1957), Checkmate (3.4.1957), Noctambules (6.4.1957), Ballet Imperial (10.4.1957), The Shadow (15.4.1957). Opera: Madam Butterfly (20.4.1957, composer: Giacomo Puccini), La Boheme (23.4.1957, composer: Giacomo Puccini), A Masked Ball (27.4.1957, composer: Giuseppi Verdi), Carmen (3.4.1957, Georges Bizet), Turandot (4.4.1957, composer: Giacomo Puccini), Rigoletto (8.5.1957, composer: Giuseppi Verdi). Dance: Coppelia (11.5.1957). Dancer: Margot Fonteyn. Company: The Royal Ballet, The Covent Garden Opera. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Production
68/70 Wardour Street, London
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2310-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
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