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[Contemporary engraving]. Vanity Fair (London), Feb. 14, 1891.

"Royal English Opera" [Richard D'Oyly Carte] by "Spy."

[Contemporary engraving]. Vanity Fair (London), May 21, 1881. "Patience" [W. S. Gilbert] by "Spy."

[Contemporary engraving]. Vanity Fair (London), Feb. 14, 1891.
"Royal English Opera" [Richard D'Oyly Carte] by "Spy."

[Advertising souvenir]. New York: Squires Bros., [1885]. Mikado. Illustrated paper napkin. Gilbert’s lyrics surround an advertising parody verse.

[Poster]. Mikado. New York: Metropolitan Print, (ca. 1885).

[Poster]. D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. London: Miles, (ca. 1920). Designed by H.M. Brock.

Seven foot poster in two sections depicting Ko-Ko from The Mikado with a Japanese sword and fan.

[Playbill]. New York: Broadway Theatre (ca. April 1879). Gorman's Original Philadelphia Church Choir Company in H.M.S. Pinafore.

[Cabinet photograph]. New York: Mora, [1879]. Venie Clancy as Josephine in the E.E. Rice production of H.M.S. Pinafore.

[Poster]. The Sorcerer. London: David Allen & Sons, n.d.

Designed by H.M. Brock for the production by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Prince's Theater, 1919.

[Portrait]. Paris: n.d. "Arthur S. Sullivan."

(Goupilgravure plate after the 1888 painting by Millais).

[Plug tobacco label]. "Josephine." Richmond, VA: A. Hoen & Co. (ca. 1879).

This chromolithograph uses the image of Venie Clancy as Josephine in E.E. Rice's production of H.M.S. Pinafore.

[Sheet music]. Arthur Sullivan. "Lied des KoKo." Vienna: Jos. Weinberger & Hofbauer, [ca. 1900].

[Sheet music]. [Arthur Sullivan.] "Potpourri aus der Oper The Mikado." Budapest: Zipser u. Konig, n.d. (ca. 1890).

[Contemporary Engraving.] Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (London), Feb. 26, 1887. "Ruddigore at the Savoy Theatre" by J. Jellico and H. Raillon.

[Poster]. D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. London: David Allen & Sons, n.d.

Designed by Dudley Hardy for the first revival of The Yeomen of the Guard at the Savoy Theatre, 1897.

Playbill, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the Pirates of Penzance.

'[Poster]. H.M.S. Pinafore. Cincinnati: Strobridge & Co., [1879].
Designed by Matt Morgan for a production of Haverly's Chicago Church Choir Company.

[Playbill]. Rochdale: Theatre Royal. (Week of) Nov. 12, 1900. D’Oyly Carte’s Opera ["C"] Company.

[Contemporary engraving]. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (London), Aug. 24, 1878. “Mr. George Grossmith, Jun., as The Admiral in H.M.S. Pinafore” by M. Stretch.

Mr. Rutland Barrington as Dr. Daly in The Sorcerer.

[Sheet music]. Arthur Sullivan. "Little Maid of Arcadee." Words by W.S. Gilbert. London: Edwin Ashdown, n.d.

[Illustrated sheet music]. Arthur Sullivan. "When I Was A Lad." New York: N.p. (1879). Full page illustrated cover by B. Day.

"Presented to all readers of the New York Family Story Paper, No. 320."

[Political parody.] Funny Folks. The Comic Companion to the Newspaper. London: James henderson, Vol. X No. 485, Mar. 15, 1884.
"Companions in Arms." [Charles Stuart Parnell, Randolph Churchill and Stafford Henry Northcote as Arac, Guron and Scynthius in Princess Ida.

[Illustrated sheet music]. Arthur Sullivan. "I’m Call’d Little Buttercup." New York: N.p. (1879). Full page illustrated cover by B. Day.

"Presented to all readers of the New York Family Story Paper, No. 318."

The Daily Telegraph. St. John, N.B. (Canada), Jan. 8, 1884.

The sole front page news article reports the London premiere of Princess Ida.

[Poster]. The Lucky Star. London: Waterlaw & Sons, [1899]. Designed by Dudley Hardy for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production.

The Lucky Star was one of several comic operas written for the D’Oyly Carte Company after the termination of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership.

[Playbill]. Brighton: Theatre Royal and Opera House, July 31, [1882]
D'Oyly Carte's Opera Company in The Pirates of Penzance.

[Poster]. Mikado. [1913]. Designed by M. Schwarzer for a production at Kunstler-Theater, Munich. Printed by Dr. C. Wolf and Sohn.

[Periodical cover]. New York: Sunday News, June 18, 1939.

Bill Robinson in Hot Mikado.