Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Arthur Johnson (printers (people))
Place of origin
Nottingham (city) (made)

Typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Davy Garrick [and] Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady at Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 1899
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 75.8cm
  • Poster width: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
Object history
Associated Production: Davy Garrick. Playwright: William Muskerry. Playwright: J.R. Planche. Actors: Edward Compton (Garrick), Murray Hathorn (Garrick), Elinor Aickin (Garrick), Joan Wellman, Sydney Leyton (Garrick and Faint), Edward Fitzgerald, Elaine Spearing (Faint), Victoria Addison (Faint). Compton Comedy Company Theatre Royal, Nottingham. 2.10.1899. Performance category: comedy.
Production
Maypole Press
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2303-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1167297/poster-arthur-johnson/
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