Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth – 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.)
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A window into the past: Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Charles Dickens immortal play The cricket on the hearth
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Advertising a San Francisco staging of Charles Dickens's *The Cricket on the Hearth*, this 1936 silkscreen poster was produced by the Federal theater Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration that brought professional stage work to audiences who could rarely afford a ticket. Dickens published the sentimental tale in 1845 as one of his Christmas books, and its story of a humble household warmed by a cricket's chirp made it a natural fit for holiday audiences. WPA posters like this one were printed in bold flat color by silkscreen, a method well suited to the large runs the program needed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Dickens Charles 1812-1870. Federal Theatre Project (San Francisco Calif.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--San Francisco--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,748 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 861_Charles_Dickens_immorta_1936 |
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