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Poster

1906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Willsons' Printers (printer)
Place of origin
Leicester (city) (made)

Typographic.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Letterpress
Printing Ink
Letterpress
Brief description
Tour poster advertising Harry Wilding's Champion Marionette Theatre performing a selection from "Two Little Vagabonds" [and] "Poor Jo" [and] "Uncle Tom's Cabin" [and] "Face at the Window" [and] "East Lynne", 1906
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 88cm
  • Poster width: 28.5cm
Object history
The large red lettering word 'Marionettes' used on the Wilding posters, S.600-601-1996, is replaced here by 'Marionette Theatre'. The box in which the venue would be pencilled is not flanked by fleur-de-lys as in the other two posters. Associated Production: Two Little Vagabonds, Poor Jo, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (author: Harriet Beecher Stowe), East Lynne. Company: Harry Wilding's Champion Marionettes. 1906. Performance category: puppetry. Also described as 'the only properly organised Troupe now travelling'.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.602-1996

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Record createdAugust 3, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1170817/poster-willsons-printers/
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