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The Mikado

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

Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Mikado or The Town of Titipu', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London.

Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Advertising
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Advertising card
TitleThe Mikado
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Mikado', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London. Anonymous. c.1885.
Physical description
Colour lithograph advertisement card for 'The Mikado or The Town of Titipu', a Gilbert and Sullivan operatic production at the Savoy Theatre, London.
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.
Subjects depicted
Theatre
Men
Women
Place depicted
Savoy Theatre
Associations
Gilbert, William Schwenck
Sullivan, Arthur
Associated objects
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.1715-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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