Not currently on display at the V&A

Dick Whittington and His Cat

Poster
1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Finsbury Press Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)

Photographic, pictorial and typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Pantomime
Posters
Advertising
Theatre
Object type
Poster
TitleDick Whittington and His Cat (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Dick Whittington and His Cat, Palace Theatre, 1956
Physical description
Photographic, pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 50.8cm
  • Poster width: 31.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Object history
This pantomime is credited on the poster as 'Emile Littler's 14th London Laughter Pantomime'. Associated Production: Dick Whittington and His Cat. Designer: Doris Zinkeisen. Performers: George Formby, Beryl Stevens. Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 19.12.1956. Performance category: pantomime.
Subject depicted
Formby, George
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3146-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1163855/dick-whittington-and-his-cat-poster-finsbury-press-ltd/
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