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Original - H.M.S. Pinafore was the fourth collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, and proved spectacularly successful on both sides of the Atlantic. However, American copyright law of the time did not respect British copyright, and most of the productions in America - probably including the one here advertised - were unauthorised and gave no income to the creators. In order to attempt to gain American copyright on their next opera, The Pirates of Penzance, the entire company was taken to New York City in order to stage its official première.
Reason
Easily the best illustration we have for H.M.S. Pinafore, the current WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan featured article drive. There are no other featured images of H.M.S. Pinafore. Improved & restored. The somewhat less restored image is an FP on commons, where they hate engravings, so I figure it has a good chance here. =)
Articles this image appears in
H.M.S. Pinafore
Creator
A.S. Seer's

Promoted Image:HMSPinafore2.png MER-C 09:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]