Poster — Lyric Hammersmith poster, Great Britain, 1959
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1959
Poster in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number S.2440-2014), made in Great Britain, dated 1959. The museum's brief description reads: Poster advertising Love's Labours, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, 1959.
Museum description: Yellow and black printed typographic and pictorial poster advertising Love's Labours, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, 1959. The poster features a drawing of the venue in the upper left hand corner. The museum records it as Printed ink on paper, measuring Height 50.5 cm; Width 31 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Historical context
Poster advertising Love's Labours, a musical based on Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, 1959.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- ink, paper
- Dimensions
- Height 50.5 cm; Width 31 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Printed ink on paper
- Place recorded
- Great Britain
Identification
- Museum object name
- Poster
- Museum object number
- S.2440-2014
- Museum system number
- O1304647
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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