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Secretarial letter, signed R. D'Oyly Carte," on engraved writing paper of “D’Oyly Carte’s Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company,” dealing with performance rights for The Pirates of Penzance

Gilbert's self-portrait is captioned "I am an Englishman. Behold me!", a line from Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore. Sullivan's musical quote is from his drawing room ballad "Once Again."

Letter to soprano Geraldine Ulmar explaining the decision to cast Courtice Pounds as Colonel Fairfax, principal tenor in The Yeomen of the Guard.

Letter written in pencil to a Mrs Trevor thanking her for her well wishes and describing his illness on the opening night of Princess Ida.

Letter on behalf of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan grants Mr Stevens permission to perform Trial by Jury at a reduced fee which will go to the Victoria Hospital for Children.

Photograph of Rutland Barrington's face within the face of a grandfather clock on the photographer's card mount by Alfred Ellis, London. Mount is marked "Mr Rutland Barrington as The Proctor in 'Jane Annie'" and signed on the mount by Barrington.

Autograph letter to Mrs. [Helen] D'Oyly Carte regarding the writing and staging of the comic opera Jane Annie.

Autograph letter concerning the set design that Joseph Harker was working on for W. S. Gilbert and Edward German's comic opera Fallen Fairies at the Savoy Theatre, London.

Autograph letter concerning copyright of W. S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay's comic opera Princess Toto, originally performed in 1869

Album page with four bars of music with lyric from Ages Ago: "Tis done - the spell is broken, We must away we must away (Ages Ago)" signed "Frederic Clay, New York, 29 April 1880." The reverse has a similar musical quote from Alfred Cellier's…