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The Meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox, April 1865

Poster
1919 (designed), 1921 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Claud Lovat Fraser (artist)
Place of origin
England (issued)

The Meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox, April 1865. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production of John Drinkwater's play Abraham Lincoln.

Object details

Categories
Theatre
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Prints
Object type
Poster
TitleThe Meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox, April 1865
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
The Meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox, April 1865. Colour lithograph poster advertising a London production of John Drinkwater's play 'Abraham Lincoln.' Designed by Claud Lovat Fraser, 1919.
Physical description
The Meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox, April 1865. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production of John Drinkwater's play Abraham Lincoln.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.5cm
  • Width: 50cm
Dimensions taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed and dated 1919.)
Object history
This poster was probably intended for the play's original production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on 19 February 1919, but Millard [Millard, C. The printed work of Claud Lovat Fraser. London. 1923. p. 274.] implies that it was first used for the revival produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 6 July 1921.
Subject depicted
Theatre
Associated object
E.35-1951 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic references
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
  • Millard, C. The printed work of Claud Lovat Fraser. London. 1923. p. 274.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Other number
13/C11 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1994-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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