H.M.S. Pinafore souvenir fan
subject: H.H.S. Pinafore, Standard Theatre, New York, souvenir, fan
description: Folding stick fan, with scene from H.M.S. Pinafore printed on gold background. Fourteen black sticks, the center twelve with pierced design. Design features Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph Porter, Josephine, Ralph Rackstraw, and Dick Deadeye in foreground.
creator: Standard Theatre (New York)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: Standard Theatre (New York)
date: undated
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
format: Decorated folding fan

"A man who would woo a fair maid"
description: Small ink drawing of seated man in ruff collar reading a book, signed "Bab." The drawing was used to illustrate the song "A man who would woo a fair maid," from The Yeomen of the Guard, which appeared on page 75 of Songs of a Savoyard.
creator: Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 (author, artist)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
date: undated
format: Original drawing

"A Parody on Princess Ida"
subject: Princess Ida, Davison Dalziel, W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Chicago & Alton Rail Road, opera, parody
description: Bound volume with color lithograph boards and 34 color lithograph pages of illustrations. The text is an adaptation of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant, reworded to promote the merits of the Chicago & Alton Rail Road.
creator: Dalziel, D. (Davison) (author)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: Chicago & Alton, R.R.
date: undated
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
format: Illustrated book

"A Pinaforic Suggestion--Reception to be Offered to the Homeward-bound Ulysses."
subject: H.M.S. Pinafore, W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Ulysses S. Grant, Puck, J. A. Wales, Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York
description: Double page lithograph cartoon in green and orange tones, featuring Ulysses Grant as Captain of the "Third Term Pinafore," surrounded by other politicians in Pinafore costumes. Ten-line verse beneath Grant beginning "I was so good a General that I was sent | By a grateful country to be President...." From Puck.
creator: Puck (periodical), Wales, James Albert, 1852-1886 (artist)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York
date: 1879-03-26
contributor: Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (lithographer)
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
relation: Exhibition Catalog
format: Lithograph print from magazine

"A Special Matinee in Aid of the Bushey Heath Cottage Hospital"
description: Souvenir program for W. S. Gilbert's original domestic pantomime in two acts Harlequin and the Fairy's Dilemma and his "tragic episode, in three tabloids" Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. This was a single benefit performance at the Garrick Theatre, London. Gilbert himself played King Claudius in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
creator: Garrick Theatre (London, England)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: Garrick Theatre, London
date: 7/19/1904
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
format: Souvenir program

"He's Going to Marry Yum-Yum"
subject: The Mikado, W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Louise Paullin, W. T. Carleton Opera Company, Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, sheet music
description: Sheet music of song from The Mikado with English and Japanese lyrics. Cover depicts Louise Paullin as Yum-Yum seated and playing stringed instrument.
creator: I. L. A. Broderson & Co., San Francisco
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: I. L. A. Broderson & Co., San Francisco
date: 1885
contributor: Britton & Ray (lithographer)
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
format: Illustrated sheet music

"The Mikado Session of the National Trotting Association"
description: Double page color lithograph cartoon featuring caricatures of members of the National Trotting Association as characters in The Mikado. From The Horseman.
creator: H. H. Cross (artist)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: The Horseman
date: 1886-03-04
contributor: J.M.W. Jones, Chicago (printer)
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
relation: Exhibition Catalog
format: Lithograph print from magazine

"Their Only Hope--The Great 'Patience' Candidate"
subject: Patience, W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Samuel J. Tilden, Democratic Party, Puck, Bernhard Gillam, Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York
description: Color lithograph cartoon on front cover of Puck featuring Samuel J. Tilden as Reginal Bunthorne holding a sunflower labeled "1884," and the Democratic Party of the United States as twenty love-sick maidens from Gilbert & Sullivan's aesthetic opera Patience.
creator: Puck (periodical), Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896 (artist)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York
date: 1882-02-15
contributor: Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann (lithographer)
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
relation: Exhibition Catalog
format: Lithograph print from magazine

"Three little maids from school"
subject: The Mikado, Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Kate Forster, Geraldine Ulmar, Geraldine St. Maur, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, bisque, figurine
description: Bisque figurine of three women in (from left to right: pink, white, and blue) kimonos holding closed fans near their faces. Based on photograph of members of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's original New York cast of The Mikado.
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
date: undated
relation: Exhibition Catalog
format: Painted bisque figurine

"Were I Thy Bride"
subject: The Yeomen of the Guard, "Were I thy bride," Rudolph Aronson, W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Wilfrid Shadbolt, Phoebe Meryll, Casino Theatre, New York, Richard A. Saalfield, libretto
description: Sheet music with illustrated cover in black and white featuring illustration of Phoebe Meryll removing ring of keys from the jailer Wilfrid Shadbolt.
creator: Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 (author), Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (composer)
source: David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
publisher: William A. Pond, New York
date: 1888
contributor: Wm. H. Keyser & Co. (music printer), H. A. Thomas & Wylie (cover design lithographer)
rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
format: Illustrated sheet music