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Poster

1894 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Stafford & Co. Ltd. (printer)
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (illustrator)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Poster showing a full-length portrait of a young woman looking to her right, in three panels, the outer two having bright green spots, the centre being clear; green text at the top right of the sheet, with the cast lists and prices of each performance.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithography
Brief description
'A Comedy of Sighs' and 'The Land of Heart' s Desire'. Colour lithograph poster advertising productions which opened at the Avenue Theatre, London, 29 March 1894. Design by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Great Britain, 1894.
Physical description
Poster showing a full-length portrait of a young woman looking to her right, in three panels, the outer two having bright green spots, the centre being clear; green text at the top right of the sheet, with the cast lists and prices of each performance.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.3cm
  • Width: 48.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style
Japonisme
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Avenue Theatre' (Lettered at the head of the advert.)
  • 'Licensed by the Lord Chamberlain to George Paget, Esq. / Northumberland Avenue, Charing Cross, W.C. / Manager - Mr. C. T. H. Helmsley / On Thursday, March 29th, 1894, / And every Evening at 8-50, / A New and Original Comedy, in Four Acts, entitled, / A Comedy of Sighs! / By John Todhunter. / Sir Geoffrey Brandon, Bart. - Mr. Bernard Gould / Major Chillingworth - Mr. Yorke Stephens / Rev. Horace Greenwell - Mr. James Welch / Williams - Mr. Langdon / Lady Brandon (Carmen) - Miss Florence Farr / Mrs. Chillingworth - Miss Vane Featherston / Lucy Vernon - Miss Enid Erle / Scene - The Drawing-Room at Southwood Manor / Time - the present day - Late August. / Act I. - After Breakfast / Act II. - After Lunch / Act III. - Before Dinner / Act IV. - After Dinner / Preceded at Eight o'clock by / A New and Original Play, in One Act, entitled, / The Land of Heart's Desire / By W. B. Yeats / Mr. Jas. Welch Mr. A. E. W. Mason, & Mr. G. R. Foss; Miss Winifred Fraser, Miss Charlotte Morland, & Miss Dorothy Paget. / The Dresses by Nathan, Claude, Liberty & Co., and Benjamin. / The Scenery by W. T. Hemsley. The Furniture by Hampden & Sons. / Stage Manager - Mr. G. R. Foss / Doors open at 7-40, Commence at 8. Carriages at 11. / Prices:- Private Boxes, £1 1s. to £4 4s. Stalls, 10s6d. / Balcony Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, 5s. Upper Circle (Reserved), 3s. / Pitt, 2s.6d. Gallery, 1s. / On and after March 26th, the Box Office will be open Daily from 10 to 5 o'clock, and 8 till 10. Seats / can be Booked by Letter, Telegram, or Telephone No.35297. / No fees. No fees. No fees. / Stafford & Co. Netherfield Nottingham.' (Lettered)
Object history
Another impression of the poster is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.289-1925.
Historical context
A Comedy of Sighs by John Todhunter and The Land of Heart’s Desire, a one act play by W. B. Yeats, were produced at the Avenue Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London, 29 March 1894.
Subjects depicted
Theatre
Woman
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
C.11257 - Previous number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.726-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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