Harker, Joseph, 1855-1927

found: H.M.S. Pinafore, 1950DLC copy theater program (Scenes designed and painted by Joseph and Phil Harker)

found: Internet Broadway database, October 23, 2009(Joseph Harker ; b.1855 England; d. 1927; male; designer; lists productions from 1899-1921)

found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed October 23, 2009(Harker, Joseph Cunningham (1855-1927), scene painter and theatrical designer, born on 17 October 1855 in Levenshulme, Lancashire ... aided by his collaboration with his four sons, who joined the scene studio some time after 1910 ... By the time of his death in 1927, his studio (which was later named Harker, Homan, and Bravery Studios Ltd, and continued in business until the 1950s) had provided scenery for most of London's major theatres and managers)