The Mikado

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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.

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Categories	Printed Pages & Sheets Advertising Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Advertising card
Title	The 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	E.1714-1925 E.1716-1925 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.1715-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O763463/the-mikado-advertising-card-unknown/

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