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Poster for "Darkest Russia"



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Title: Poster for "Darkest Russia"
Description: Color lithograph poster showing a scene set at a musical recital in Imperial Russia. Top left inset with Imperial Russian crest and "by H. Grattan Donnelly" and "Sidney E. Rice, manager." Bottom caption reads “Ilda’s Refusal to Play Russia’s National Anthem ‘God Save the Czar’ at the Fete in St. Petersburg." Ilda's violin has apparently been broken by an enraged aristocrat.

Image ID: 89875
Creation
Date:
1895 
Creator
Name:
Strobridge Lithographic Company
Collection
Name:
WCFTR Posters
Genre: Posters
Subjects: Theaters
Musical instruments
Posters
 

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Please Credit: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

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