The Mikado – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures The Mikado in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Mikado
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A 1936 poster for Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera *The Mikado* in El Centro, California, it was sponsored by a music teachers' association under the Federal Music Project, a New Deal program that employed musicians and music teachers during the Depression. Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert first staged the work in London in 1885, and it remained one of the most performed operettas in the English-speaking world. WPA artists often used silkscreen, a stencil process that allowed bold, flat areas of color to be printed cheaply in large runs.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Sponsored by Music Teachers Association. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Sullivan Arthur Sir 1842-1900. Mikado.Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--California--El Centro--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,779 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 762_The_Mikado_1936 |
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