Lithograph
- Title:
- Things Seldom What They Seem
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.028
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1880-1890
- Description:
- Chromolithograph, Things Seldom What They Seem, unknown artist, 1880-1890. Ink on paper. Scene from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "H.M.S. Pinafore." Sailor and woman stand on the deck of a ship. The woman wearing a yellow dress with red shawl, raises her hand and turns her head toward sailor standing behind her. Bucket in the illustration that reads "PINAFORE" on the side of it. In the image lower left corner: "Things Are Seldom What They Seem." Mounted on white paper with blue geometric border. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.95 W-8.95 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Noyes family of Bow, NH. Used as a school award.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes
- Subjects:
- Awards, Awards of merit, Operas & operettas, Sailors, Ships
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