Image of an outdoor scene of an Italian courtyard crowded with people in historical costumes, including soldiers with helmets and swords and nuns, surrounding a man and woman who embrace at the center of the image, with stone buildings, trees, and gates in the background; the print advertises the romantic drama "Bel Demonio" written by Irish-American dramatist John Brougham and performed at Niblo's Garden Theatre in New York City. Probable date based on general show history; the play premiered in the United States at Niblo's in May 1864 (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. VII, page 562) "Lith. of Chas. Hart 99 Fulton St. N.Y."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 35.56 x 27.94 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Couples--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Nuns--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Niblo’s Garden Theatre Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Small Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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