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The Gondoliers

Advertising Card
c.1885 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Gondoliers', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Design of a man and woman leaning against a stone monument. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances together with adverts.

Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Gondoliers
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Gondoliers' a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Design by Alice Havers, England. Printed by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, Germany. c.1885.
Physical description
Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Gondoliers', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Design of a man and woman leaning against a stone monument. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances together with adverts.
Dimensions
  • Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. height: 12.8cm
  • Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. width: 17cm
Subjects depicted
Associations
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Accession number
E.1717-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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