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It would have been overpasted with details of the theatre at which the company was appearing, and commissioned by Rupert D'Oyly Carte who had several Gilbert and Sullivan operas redesigned for the London season at the Princes Theatre from September 1919 to January 1920.\r\n\r\nThe artist Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960) was a prolific book and magazine illustrator who illustrated children's books and contributed artwork to magazines including <i>Punch</i>, <i>The Graphic</i> and <i>The Sphere</i>. He liked the theatre and especially the operas produced by the D'Oyly Carte Company. 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