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Poster

1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. King Frog, wearing a striped jacket and trousers and an Albert watch and fob, is raising his top hat in his left hand and holding an invitation addressed to him inviting him to attend the pantomime.

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Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising A Frog He Would a Wooing Go, or, Harlequin Sleeping Beauty and the Wicked Demons of the Mystic Pool at Marylebone Theatre, London, 1875
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. King Frog, wearing a striped jacket and trousers and an Albert watch and fob, is raising his top hat in his left hand and holding an invitation addressed to him inviting him to attend the pantomime.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 75.8cm
  • Poster width: 50.8cm
Object history
Associated Production: A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go, or, Harlequin Sleeping Beauty and the Wicked Demons of the Mystic Pool. Playwright: Oswald Allan. Composer: Charles Linfield. Choreographer: Madame Algar. Choreographer: Tue Algar. Set designer: Charles Grimani, W. Burris. Costume designer: Lafontaine. Actors: George Skinner, J.G. Rainbow, Emma Rainbow, Annie Travers, F. Hazelton, J. de Green, Adah Garratt. Contributor: Brothers Bolton. Marylebone Theatre, London. 24.12.1875. Performance category: pantomime. A note on the playbill mentions that the entire depth of the stage (150 feet) will be used and will be 'of the most Gorgeous Description and not to be equalled in any other Theatre in London'.
Production
New Cut, Lambeth
Collection
Accession number
S.598-1996

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Record createdAugust 3, 2010
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