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City Hall, Auckland. Grand vice-regal command night, Friday Feb 25th, 1876. Under the distinguished patronage and presence of His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby (Governor of New Zealand) ... positively the last appearance but one, of the celebrated Lynch Family Bellringers ... Reed and Brett, general steam printers, Auckland [Silk programme. 1876]
- Date
- 1876
- By
- Reed and Brett (Firm)
- Reference
- Eph-B-MUSIC-1876-01
- Description
An arrangement of text on a silk programme, titled "Third programme". The performance was to be attended by the Marquis of Normanby and his wife, and performers included Mr Charles Keeley (comedian) and Mr Alfred Statham (composer and pianiste). Seventeen items, including bell-ringing and comic songs, were followed by the "laughable farce" "The haunted chateau!", with the main parts being taken by Harry Lynch and Charles Keeley. The vertical borders named the places at which the family had performed: Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Java, Queensland, New Zealand, Western Australia, California, "etc".
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream silk fabric, 290 x 160 mm.
Provenance: Donated by Gwynn Gillard, Belmont Victoria, in 2015.
Transfers: Other material of the same provenance (a photograph of Harry Lynch) was transferred to the Photographic Archive..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1870-1879].
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Silk (Textile), Theatre programmes, Letterpress, blue ink on cream silk fabric, 290 x 160 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Reed and Brett (Firm). City Hall, Auckland. Grand vice-regal command night, Friday Feb 25th, 1876. Under the distinguished patronage and presence of His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby (Governor of New Zealand) ... positively the last appearance but one, of the celebrated Lynch Family Bellringers ... Reed and Brett, general steam printers, Auckland [Silk programme. 1876]. [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1870-1879].. Ref: Eph-B-MUSIC-1876-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/36157938More information can be found in our terms of use.