Small calling printed in script letters "Sir Arthur Sullivan" (center) and "1 Queen's Mansions | Victoria Street S.W." (lower left). Signed by Sullivan on reverse "With best wishes for 1889, A. S."
David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection
Two-color engraved program for command performance concert at Buckingham Palace, conducted by Arthur Sullivan. Program featured four scenes from Sullivan's dramatic cantata The Golden Legend.
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (composer, conductor)
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
The Absent-minded Beggar Special Edition de Luxe
Four pages of facsimile music manuscript for the song "The Absent-Minded Beggar" in decorative cover, with photographs of Arthur Sullivan and Rudyard Kipling.
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (composer), Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936 (writer), Ridgways, Ltd. (publisher)
Portrait photograph of Arthur Sullivan, on photographer's card mount by Chancellor, Dublin
Order of Service for the funeral of Sir Arthur Sullivan at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. Last page deals with interment at St. Paul’s Cathedral and includes four stanzas of Sullivan’s anthem “Brother, thou art gone before us,” from The Martyr of Antioch, to be “sung by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Savoy Theatre.”
Volume of stories, poems, cartoons, burlesques, puzzles, containing several contributions by W. S. Gilbert, including the burlesque Ruy Blas, the cartoon The History of the Gentleman Who was Born at an Advanced Age, and a chapter of The 5 Alls titled "The Lawyer's Story." The volume is displayed open to the first two pages of Gilbert's Ruy Blas.
Four volumes of stories, poems, cartoons, and puzzles, each containing several contributions by W. S. Gilbert. The Annual for 1873 also includes a story by Mark Twain. The volume is displayed open to Gilbert's two-page cartoon "Mr. Peters Takes a Bath at Boulogne."
Dalziel Bros., Camden Press, London (printer)
This composition was published as a tribute to the comic magazine Fun, to which W. S. Gilbert was a leading contributor from 1861 to 1871. The figure in cap and bells (lower right) represents the magazine’s prominent rival, Punch.
Portrait photograph of seated W. S. Gilbert by Fradelle & Marshall, London. Matted and framed, signed on the matte by Gilbert.
Dulcamara; or, The Little Duck and the Great Quack
First edition libretto of W. S. Gilbert's extravaganza Dulcamara; or, The Little Duck and the Great Quack. Gilbert’s first acknowledged stage work, Dulcamara was a burlesque of Donizetti’s opera L’Elisir d’Amore. It was produced at the St. James’s Theatre, London, 29 December 1866.
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 (author)