Accession number:
PML 198739.15
Published:
[United States?] : J. & P. Coats, [188-?]
Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 109 x 64 mm
Credit:
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2021.
Notes:
Title from item.
Advertising text for J. & P. Coats' "best six-cord spool cotton" thread on verso.
One of a set of six trade cards featuring characters from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience".
Variant Title:
J & P. Coats' best six-cord cotton
Summary:
Image depicts the character of Colonel Calverley from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "Patience" standing in military garb. At the bottom one short line taken from the opera that describe his character: "When I first put this uniform on." Patience.
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