 The Art
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NOTE: Linked large images in this collection have now been archived. If you would like to view images other than those thumbnailed here please contact us email. |
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19 Anon. The Gondoliers, c.1920s. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.6 x 50.6cm. Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 1337. Gilbert & Sullivan. |
$660 |
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20 Anon. The Gondoliers - or The King of Barataria, c.1920s. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.1 x 50.6cm. Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 3168. Gilbert & Sullivan. |
$660 |
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21 Anon. The Gondoliers, c.1920s. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.5 x 50cm. Printed by Stafford & Co, Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 5633. Gilbert & Sullivan. |
$550 |
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22 Anon. The Pirates of Penzance - or The Slave of Duty, c.1920s. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.5 x 50.6cm. Linen-backed. $770 Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 1481. Gilbert & Sullivan. |
$770 |
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23 Anon. H.M.S. Pinafore - or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, c.1920s. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.2 x 50.6cm. Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 1479. Gilbert & Sullivan. |
$770 |
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24 Anon. Haddon Hall, c.1920s. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.7 x 50.7cm. Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 5101. This "Light English Opera", written by Sydney Grundy, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, opened at the Savoy Theatre in 1892. It was the first Sullivan opera produced at the Savoy without Gilbert and the first based on an actual historical incident. |
$660 |
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25 Anon. The Three Musketeers, c.1928. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.8 x 50.8cm. Tears to margin edges. Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 5044. The Three Musketeers, with music composed by Rudolf Friml was produced in 1928. The principal lyricist was Clifford Gray, with some lyrics contributed by P.G. Wodehouse. |
$660 |
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26 Anon. Tom Jones, c.1920. Poster, colour lithograph, 76.6 x 50.8cm. Printed by Stafford & Co., Netherfield, Nottingham. No. 4232. This piece of musical theatre was performed in 1920. |
$660 |
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27 Harold Cazneaux Nellie Stewart, Sydney, April 22nd 1931. Signed photograph, silver gelatin print, signed by Nellie Stewart and inscribed to Mr Eric Howell, 14 x 11.5cm, mounted on card 26 x 17cm. Inscribed "To Mr Eric Howell in gratitude and for remembrance of - April 22nd 1931 Sydney". Nellie Stewart died on 20th June 1931 (born 1861). She gave her last performance (the balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet) at Mosman Town Hall. She was chosen to sing an ode to Australia at the opening of the first Federal Parliament at the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings in May 1901. |
$1,650 |
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28 Will Dyson Ella Russell, c.1906. Ink & wash, 20.3 x 8cm. Repaired tear centre left. Inscribed verso The Miserere, Il Travatore. Russell was a well-known opera singer. |
$550 |
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