Description
Poster, concert at Theatre Royal Dublin, ink/paper, [Garlick] Printers, Dublin, 1839.
Poster advertising concert held at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, March 9 1839, featuring performances by harpsist Nicholas Boscha, singer Anna Bishop, guitarist Huerta and the Distin family, amongst others. Rectangular, long vertical format, printed in black ink on paper, with cardboard window mount. The heading "Theatre Royal, Dublin" is printed across the top, followed by text providing details of the concert beginning: "Mr Calcraft begs respectfully to announce that he has been enabled, at an enormous expense, to bring before the public, the following unprecendented combination of musical talent for this night only...".
Marks
Printer's note, printed in black ink in bottom right corner: "[GARLICK PRINTERS]" faded and very difficult to read.; Handwritten notation, reverse bottom left corner, handwritten in pencil: "2" (written inside a circle).