A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet

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Artist/Maker	Premo Press Limited (printers)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Typographical poster for A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet, in aid of of the Radium Institute and the Mount Vernon Hospital for Cancer, Royal Albert Hall, 1950.

The evening, produced by T.C. Fairbairn, featured tenor Alfred Piccaver (1884-1958) and ballerina Alicia Markova (1910-2004).

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Dance Opera Advertising Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Printed paper Printing Ink Paper Printing
Brief description	Typographical poster for A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet, featuring Alfred Piccaver and Alicia Markova, Royal Albert Hall, 1950
Physical description	Typographical poster for A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet, Royal Albert Hall, dated Wednesday, 5 July [n.y.], in aid of the Radium Institute and the Mount Vernon Hospital for Cancer, featuring Alfred Piccaver and Alicia Markova. Printed in black on yellow paper.
Dimensions	Height: 50.7cm Width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions	Transliteration
Credit line	Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Summary	Typographical poster for A Gala Evening of Music and Ballet, in aid of of the Radium Institute and the Mount Vernon Hospital for Cancer, Royal Albert Hall, 1950. The evening, produced by T.C. Fairbairn, featured tenor Alfred Piccaver (1884-1958) and ballerina Alicia Markova (1910-2004).
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.145-2018

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Record created	April 12, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1438313/a-gala-evening-of-music-poster-premo-press-limited/

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