Poster
1889 (printed)
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Pictorial and typographical poster colour lithograph poster on a yellow background illustrated with two red, white and blue French flags and a red bonnet of the French Revolution, with 'THE DEAD HEART' in red decorative upper-case lettering lower right, and the names of the star performers MR HENRY IRVING/ MISS ELLEN TERRY/ MR S.B.BANCROFT in black to the left of the flags. At the foot of the poster is [printed the date '28th SEPTEMBER' ans rthe name of the printers 'NASSAU STREAM PRESS' LONDON WC. Lith.
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| Materials and techniques | letterpress on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising the play 'The Dead Heart' by Watts Phillips, starring Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and Squire Bancroft, Lyceum Theatre, 28 September 1889. Colour lithograph printed by the Nassau Steam Press, London, 1889. |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographical poster colour lithograph poster on a yellow background illustrated with two red, white and blue French flags and a red bonnet of the French Revolution, with 'THE DEAD HEART' in red decorative upper-case lettering lower right, and the names of the star performers MR HENRY IRVING/ MISS ELLEN TERRY/ MR S.B.BANCROFT in black to the left of the flags. At the foot of the poster is [printed the date '28th SEPTEMBER' ans rthe name of the printers 'NASSAU STREAM PRESS' LONDON WC. Lith. |
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| Accession number | S.702-1995 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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