Poster
1894 (issued)
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| Place of origin |
Lithograph poster advertising Pygmalion and Galatea and The Burglar and the Judge at the New Theatre, Oxford, 7-9 June 1894. Signed.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Lithography |
| Brief description | Lithograph poster advertising Pygmalion and Galatea and The Burglar and the Judge at the New Theatre, Oxford, 7-9 June 1894. Designed by James Hearn ("Wierdsley Daubery"). England. 1894. |
| Physical description | Lithograph poster advertising Pygmalion and Galatea and The Burglar and the Judge at the New Theatre, Oxford, 7-9 June 1894. Signed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke |
| Object history | Wierdsley Daubery was a pseudonym of the artist James Hearne to parody Aubrey Beardsley and publically criticise him. Awfly Wierdley was another fake name made up to lambast Beardsley in the press. Criticised by some for his more sexualised and suggestive drawings, various newspapers, rival artists and public figures called for Beardsley's work and emerging progressive publications of the 1890s such as The Yellow Book to be banned. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | <u>Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy</u>, a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 | 18/C5 - V&A microfiche |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.404-1921 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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