Menu for Dinner in Honor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

Title

Menu for Dinner in Honor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

Description

Menu decorated with bust portraits of Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert, and a full-length portrait of Martyn Green (unnamed) as Sir Joseph Porter in H.H.S. Pinafore. Menu lists all members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (principals, chorus, and staff). The whole designed, drawn and signed by the artist, James Montgomery Flagg. Autographs at the bottom of Flagg, cowboy actor William S. Hart, composer/conductor Walter Damrosch, and author/critic William Lyon Phelps.

Creator

Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960 (artist)

Source

David & Annabelle Stone Gilbert & Sullivan Collection

Publisher

Lotos Club, New York

Date

11/4/1934

Format

Illustrated menu sheet

Identifier

1.6.8

Physical Dimensions

single sheet, card stock, 11-1/4 x 15 inches

Files

1.6.8.jpg

Citation

Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960 (artist), “Menu for Dinner in Honor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,” Gilbert & Sullivan 2017, accessed November 4, 2024, https://gilbertandsullivan2017.gmu.edu/items/show/725.

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