A Gaiety Girl
Date1897
Artist
Dudley Hardy
(English painter and illustrator, 1867–1922)
Illustration CitationAdvertising poster for A Gaiety Girl, at the Gaiety Theater, London
Les Affiches Étrangères. opp. p. 40
MediumCommercial lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 10 9/16 × 5 1/16 in. (26.8 × 12.9 cm)
sheet: 12 3/16 × 8 1/2 in. (31 × 21.6 cm)
sheet: 12 3/16 × 8 1/2 in. (31 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-167
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextGaiety Girls were the chorus girls in the musical comedies of the 1890s produced by George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, London. This genre of musical theatre depended, in part, on the beautiful female dancing corps, who appeared in bathing attire and in the latest fashions. The Gaiety Girls were hailed as respectable, elegant young women; many achieved celebrity status in their own right.
