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The Mikado in Portland, Maine

Large color lithograph poster for The Mikado featuring portraits of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, plus five vignettes of characters and scenes…

"Their Only Hope--The Great 'Patience' Candidate"

Color lithograph cartoon on front cover of Puck featuring Samuel J. Tilden as Reginal Bunthorne holding a sunflower labeled "1884," and the Democratic…

The Pie-Rats of Penn Yan

Playbill for Tony Pastor's burlesque The Pie-Rats of Penn Yann, a burlesque of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, at Tony Pastor's Theatre,…

"A Pinaforic Suggestion--Reception to be Offered to the Homeward-bound Ulysses."

Double page lithograph cartoon in green and orange tones, featuring Ulysses Grant as Captain of the "Third Term Pinafore," surrounded by other…

H.M.S. Pinafore poster

Black and white lithograph poster featuring ten separate images of characters from H.M.S. Pinafore. Top row: Captain Corcoran, Hebe, Bill Bobstay,…

The Merry Merry Maiden and the Tar

Hand colored lithograph of scene on board H.M.S. Pinafore. Captain and sailors look on as a bucket of tar has spilled on woman's dress. Caption…

Juvenile Pinafore advertisement

Black and white lithograph print, "Juvenile Pinafore" at top, scene from children's H.M.S. Pinafore at bottom, Little Buttercup front and center,…

Rising Sun Stove Polish advertisement

Full color lithograph poster for "The Rising Sun" stove polish, depicting Lillian Russell as Aline in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer, in elaborate…

Cigar box label: Opera Kings

Inner cigar box label for "Opera Kings" cigars, design in gold and sepia, featuring large sepia images of Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert in the…

Little Buttercup's Toy Clothes-Pins

Small box with color lithographed cover for Little Buttercup's Toy Clothes-Pin. Cover features child actress in bonnet with basket. Several wooden…