Danila Narcisi

This chromolithograph, owned by the Mander and Mitchenson Collection, advertises the pantomime “The Babes in the Wood” that took place at the Aldwych Theatre in 1915. Within the same collection I managed to find, with the help of Kristy Davies, Archives Officer, a program of the play confirming the year of the production.

The poster, designed by Arnold Mello and printed by Alf Cooke Ltd, measure 739 mm in height and 500,6 mm in width.

When I had the poster to be conserved it was entirely glued on a hardboard sheet, thick 1,70 µm. The colours were in quite good condition although they were slightly darkened by surface dirt. The paper was brittle, showing many small missing areas and several tears along the edges.  Some of the tears spanned from the edge to the centre. The brighter area at the top was more fragile and showed abrasions, acidic discoloration and tidelines.