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Artist	Gordon Thomson (Gordon Thomson (1842-93)
Author	The Graphic
Description	The New Burlesque, an Undress Rehearsal. Illustration for The Graphic, Christmas Number 1871. Identified as Thespis in John Hollingshead's Gaiety Chronicles reference
Date	December 1871 date QS:P571,+1871-12-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source/Photographer	Thespis: A Gilbert & Sullivan Enigma by Terence Rees. Dillon's University Bookshop, London, 1964.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:20, 13 October 2007		1,323 × 1,000 (1.01 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Throw a sharpen filter on it.
	21:26, 12 October 2007		1,323 × 1,000 (907 KB)	Adam Cuerden	{{Information \|Description=''The New Burlesque - An Undress Rehearsal'' from the a late 1871 edition of ''The Graphic''. Identified as Thespis in John Hollingshead's ''Gaiety Chronicles'' \|Source=''Thespis: A Gilbert & Sullivan Enigma'' by Terence Rees.