Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman holding a paintbrush and an artist's paint palette; with fragment of date sheet for an "Opera House" pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Rooms for Rent" written by Edward Holst and Herman Lee Ensign. Single-color print. Date supplied by cataloger based on year the play was first performed (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XI, page 478). "A. Hoen & Co. / Baltimore"--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 73.98 x 56.2 cm (29 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Artists--Pictorial works Painting--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--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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