Poster
ca.1900 (printed)
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Pictorial and typographic colour lithograph poster featuring images of characters and scenes from the play, A Cigarette Maker's Romance. Top left, within a circular border, is an image of Count Skariatine, below which is the interior scene 'Arrival of the Count's friends', within an oblong border. Below, left, is a scene of two lovers - he sitting, she kneeling - within a circular border; centre, the lovers standing - him putting a cape around her shoulders, and right, two male characters in a rectangular border with the caption 'We don't know your name'. Each border is a nicotene brown colour. A burning cigtarette is a feature of the design, bottom centre, and from it wafts curls of cigarette smoke which rise through the poster to the top, where yellow lettering edged in white gives the title of the play. Above, in black lettering, are the details of the venue and date: Theatre and Opera House Richmond Monday Dec 16. Six nights at 7.45 and Matinee, Thursday at 2.30
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | printed paper |
| Brief description | Typographical and pictorial poster advertising the play A Cigarette Maker's Romance by Charles Hannan at Richmond Theatre and Opera House, 16 December 1901. |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic colour lithograph poster featuring images of characters and scenes from the play, A Cigarette Maker's Romance. Top left, within a circular border, is an image of Count Skariatine, below which is the interior scene 'Arrival of the Count's friends', within an oblong border. Below, left, is a scene of two lovers - he sitting, she kneeling - within a circular border; centre, the lovers standing - him putting a cape around her shoulders, and right, two male characters in a rectangular border with the caption 'We don't know your name'. Each border is a nicotene brown colour. A burning cigtarette is a feature of the design, bottom centre, and from it wafts curls of cigarette smoke which rise through the poster to the top, where yellow lettering edged in white gives the title of the play. Above, in black lettering, are the details of the venue and date: Theatre and Opera House Richmond Monday Dec 16. Six nights at 7.45 and Matinee, Thursday at 2.30 |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Object history | Poster produced to advertise the production of A Cigarette Maker's Romance, a play by Charles Hannan, based on a novel by F. Marion Crawford, at Richmond Theatre and Opera House, 16 December 1901. The play was previously seen in London at the Court Theatre, 11 February 1901, and the Apollo Theatre, 11 May 1901. |
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| Accession number | S.755-2000 |
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| Record created | January 4, 2001 |
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