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William Hamilton's Excursions

Poster
ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster is printed without the name of a venue so that it could be used wherever Hamilton's Excursions, a popular diorama presentation, was shown. William Hamilton, named on this poster, who was one of the four brothers who ran Hamiltons Dioramas between 1848 and the early 1920s.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleWilliam Hamilton's Excursions (generic title)
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster for an entertainment touring the provinces issued by Stafford & Co., Nottingham; 'William Hamilton's Excursions'; ca 1900; Britain; colour lithograph.
Physical description
Colour lithograph of a poster advertising a touring production of 'William Hamilton's Excursions'
Dimensions
  • Height: 30in
  • Width: 20in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1935 London: HMSO, 1935.
Credit line
Given by Mr. M. J. Landa
Summary
This poster is printed without the name of a venue so that it could be used wherever Hamilton's Excursions, a popular diorama presentation, was shown. William Hamilton, named on this poster, who was one of the four brothers who ran Hamiltons Dioramas between 1848 and the early 1920s.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1935 London: HMSO, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.139-1935

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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