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Set of American trade card templates satirizing the Aesthetic movement with caricatures of characters from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, about 1885

 File — Box: Wildeiana 28, Folder: 39
Identifier: Subseries 2.3.

Scope and Contents

Complete set of 6 American trade card templates with caricatures and quotes from various characters from Patience, including Bunthorne, the character based on Oscar Wilde. An additional card shows an example of one of these cards in use, with information printed for a clothier in Mount Vernon, New York. Purchase, 2023 (accession MS.2023.030).

Dates

  • Creation: about 1885

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 35 Linear Feet (30 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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