Not on display

Poster

1836 (made)
Artist/Maker
Daniel Cartwright (printers (people))
Place of origin
Loughborough (made)

Pictorial and typographic poster with black lettering and a border of black and white illustrations of theatre scenes

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Theatre
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Master B. Grossmith appearing in Travellers' Trials [and] Number Nipp [and] The Two Barbers at Theatre, Loughborough, 1836
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic poster with black lettering and a border of black and white illustrations of theatre scenes
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 44.6cm
  • Poster width: 27.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: Travellers' Trials (monodramatic entertainment), Number Nipp (dramatic comic entertainment), The Two Barbers (dramatic opera entertainment). Actors: Master B. Grossmith (billed of Castle Hill, Reading, Berks; seven and a half years old. Will appear in his new, moral, and highly interesting entertainment of above 30 characters written expressly for him. The instantaneous and constant change of dress and character being so deceptive, Master B. Grossmith will be introduced to his auditory, previous to his appearance on the stage, that his real size may be known), W.R. Grossmith (brother of Master B. Grossmith). Loughborough Theatre, Leicestershire. 25.1.1836.
Production
Swan Street, Loughborough.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2911-1995

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Record createdJuly 30, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1169403/poster-daniel-cartwright/
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