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Utopia Limited Poster.jpg
Credit: The Strobridge Lithographing Co.

An early advertisement showing the Drawing Room Scene from Utopia, Limited, a Savoy opera by Gilbert & Sullivan. The opera premiered in 1893 and satirises limited liability companies, and particularly the idea that a bankrupt company could leave creditors unpaid without any liability on the part of its owners.