Image of a giant caricature of comedic actors John Henshaw and May Ten Broeck, with a medal for "First Place Fun," sitting on the dome of the administration building in the Court of Honor, also known as the White City, at the World's Fair Columbian Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, with spectators in the foreground looking towards the couple and the buildings, fountain, grand basin, and the Statue of the Republic; the poster advertises the musical comedy "The New Nabobs." Probable date approximated by cataloger based on show history and buildings depicted in image; William Gill rewrote "The Nabobs" for Henshaw and Ten Broeck and the new piece known as the "New Nabobs" was first presented in October 1893 (Ganzl, William B. Gill, page 250). "1052 / Liebler & Maass / Lith."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 95.89 x 66.68 cm (37 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.)
Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Pictorial works Henshaw, John E., -1939--Portraits Ten Broeck, May, approximately 1857-1908--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Comedians--Pictorial works Comedies Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Chicago (Ill.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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