H.M.S. Pinafore

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	England (printed)

Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'H.M.S. Pinafore' a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. It lists the cast and states that ‘on this occasion the opera will be conducted by the composer’. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances together with an advert for Liberty fabrics and Redfern, Ladies’ Tailor, on the verso.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Advertising Entertainment & Leisure Shopping
Object type	Advertising card
Title	H.M.S. Pinafore
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Colour Lithography
Brief description	Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'H.M.S. Pinafore', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. On the verso, adverts for Liberty & Co. and Redfern. Anonymous. London. c.1887.
Physical description	Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'H.M.S. Pinafore' a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. It lists the cast and states that ‘on this occasion the opera will be conducted by the composer’. It is chiefly an all-purpose promotional advert for the Savoy Theatre, overlaid with letterpress details of performances together with an advert for Liberty fabrics and Redfern, Ladies’ Tailor, on the verso.
Dimensions	Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. height: 12.8cm Average size of objects e.1714 to 1717 1925. width: 17cm Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Subject depicted	Theatre
Places depicted	Savoy Theatre London
Associations	Gilbert, William Schwenck Sullivan, Arthur
Associated objects	E.1714-1925 E.1715-1925 E.1717-1925
Bibliographic reference	Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1716-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O763462/hms-pinafore-advertising-card-unknown/

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