Library of Congress information:

TITLE: H.M.S. Pinafore

CALL NUMBER: POS - TH - OPT .H47, no. 3 (C size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-69760 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, b&w ; 61 x 49 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: N.Y. : A.S. Seer's Print, [1879]

CREATOR: A.S. Seer Print.

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