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.

This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: slight sharpen (but it's a lithograph, so it shouldn't be too sharp!), tilt correction, levels adjustment, slight desaturation to make up for the levels adjustment making it very yellow. .

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	This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.
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