Image of a young woman in a yellow Gibson Girl dress and floral hat standing with a parasol; the poster advertises the farcical comedy "The Tarrytown Widow" written by Charles T. Dazey and under the direction of D. W. Truss. Probable date range based on general show and printer histories; "The Tarrytown Widow" was first performed around 1897 and the A. S. Seer Printing Company was acquired by the Metropolitan Printing Company in 1902. "The / A. S. Seer / Print / N.Y."--text, lower left. "Management / D. W. Truss & Co."--text, lower right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.52 x 50.48 cm (30 1/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Comedies Melodramas Gibson Girls--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Women--Pictorial works D.W. Truss and Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
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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