Victorian Silk Souvenir.- The Absent-Minded Beggar

Silk souvenir marking the 100th performance of Sydney Grundy's The Degenerates at the Garrick Theatre on Friday 24th October 1899, when Lillie Langtry (who was playing Mrs. Trevelyan in the production) recited Kipling's poem The Absent-Minded Beggar from the stage after the final curtain, specially printed by The Daily Mail, folding into a triptych each panel of which is 30.5 x 20 cm, 1899.