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
- From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)
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