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Artist
Gordon Thomson (Gordon Thomson (1842-93)
Author
The Graphic
Description
The New Burlesque, an Undress Rehearsal. Illustration for The Graphic, Christmas Number 1871. Identified as Thespis in John Hollingshead's Gaiety Chroniclesreference
Date
December 1871
date QS:P571,+1871-12-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source/Photographer
Thespis: A Gilbert & Sullivan Enigma by Terence Rees. Dillon's University Bookshop, London, 1964.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Blur filter and downsample to get rid of pixellation from the printing.
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all known contemporary images of the original performance of Thespis, the lost Gilbert and Sullivan opera
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