Accession number
PML 198739.18
Published
[United States?] : J. & P. Coats, [188-?]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2021.
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Advertising text for J. & P. Coats' "best six-cord spool cotton" thread on verso.
One of a set of six trade cards featuring characters from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience".
Advertising text for J. & P. Coats' "best six-cord spool cotton" thread on verso.
One of a set of six trade cards featuring characters from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience".
Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 109 x 64 mm
Summary
Image depicts the character of Reginald Bunthorne from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "Patience" standing and holding a large flower. At the bottom are a few short lines taken from the opera that describe his character: "A Japanese young man, A blue-and-white young man, Francesca di Rimini, miminy, priminy, je-ne-sais quoi young man." Patience.
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