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Three-quarter length photograph of Emmie Owen and Florence Perry in dresses with flowered adornment on photographer's card mount of Alfred Ellis, London. Mount is marked "Utopia. (Limited.)"

Full length photograph of Frederick Federici as The Mikado of Japan in studio setting, standing in left profile holding closed fan, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "F. Federici, as 'The Mikado.'"

Full length photograph of Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum in kimono seated on painted crescent moon, holding open fan, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum, 'We're very wide awake, the moon and I.'"

Full length photograph of George Thorne as Ko-Ko in studio setting, lying on back with feet raised, fan in right hand, on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York. Mount is marked "George Thorne, as 'Ko-Ko.'"

Full length photograph of Geraldine St. Maur, Geraldine Ulmar, and Kate Forster in kimonos holding closed fans near faces on photographer's card mount of Falk, New York.

Burgundy silk souvenir program for D'Oyly Carte's 150th performance of The Pirates of Penzance at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

Card program for John Stetson's Opera Company production of Princess Ida at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.

Illustrated program for first night of D'Oyly Carte's production of H.M.S. Pinafore at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York. Program's brown illustrations created in London, text details in black added in New York.

Portrait photograph of seated W. S. Gilbert by Fradelle & Marshall, London. Matted and framed, signed on the matte by Gilbert.

Souvenir fan commemorating the opening of the Gaiety Theatre, 21 December 1868, under the management of John Hollingshead. Gilbert’s operatic extravaganza Robert the Devil (here spelt Robert le Diable) received its first performance at the Gaiety’s…