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King Henry VIII poster

Poster
1953 (made)
Artist/Maker
Echo Press (printers (people))
Place of origin
Loughborough (made)
Great Britain (made)

Typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleKing Henry VIII poster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising King Henry VIII, Old Vic Theatre, 1953
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 49.2cm
  • Poster width: 30.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: King Henry VIII. Playwright: William Shakespeare. Composer: Cedric Thorpe Davie. Designer: Tanya Moiseiwitsch. Actors: Laurence Hardy, Patrick Wymark, Margaret Courtenay. The Old Vic Company. Old Vic, Waterloo Road, London. 27.6.1953. Performance category: drama.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3045-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1163754/king-henry-viii-poster-poster-echo-press/
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