The Mikado – Antique Poster Print
(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
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The Mikado. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Mikado
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This 1936 silkscreen poster advertises a production of *The Mikado*, sponsored by the Federal Music Project, a unit of the Works Progress Administration that put unemployed musicians to work during the Great Depression. Its record places the production in California. Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert first staged the comic opera at London's Savoy theater in 1885, and its fictional Japanese setting and patter songs made it one of the most performed Gilbert and Sullivan works in the United States. The WPA poster shops used silkscreen to produce inexpensive, bold posters that promoted these community events.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Sullivan Arthur Sir 1842-1900. Mikado.Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--California--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,784 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 760_The_Mikado_1936 |
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