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Polly

Poster
1922 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Scolar Press (printer)
Aves, Owen (designer)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'Polly'; Poster advertising John Gray's sequel to The Beggar's Opera

Object details

Categories
Posters
Theatre
Advertising
Prints
Object type
Poster
TitlePolly (published title)
Materials and techniques
lithography
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Owen Aves; 'Polly'; poster advertising a play by John Gay produced at the Kingsway Theatre, London; Lithograph; By Owen Aves; 1922.
Physical description
'Polly'; Poster advertising John Gray's sequel to The Beggar's Opera
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.7cm
  • Width: 102.4cm
Dimensions taken from: 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
Credit line
Given by Allan Wade
Subjects depicted
Theatre
Men
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Other number
2/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3432-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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