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Title: Berleur in romance of an actress
Creator: American Lithographic Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Fostell, Al, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued: 1883
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a man with a sword entering through a curtain into a parlor with a fireplace where a woman, presumably actor Henrietta Berleur (also spelled Henriette Berlaer or Berlear), lies on the ground and holds her head while a second woman runs towards the man; the poster advertises the play "The Romance of an Actress."
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on year of advertisement for "Mlle. Henrietta Berleur, with her own English Company, in The Romance of An Actress" ("Amusements," New York Daily Times, 15 October 1888, page 3) "American / Lith. Co / 58 & 60 Fulton / N.Y."--text, bottom right. "'T'is I who live!!!"--text, caption, bottom right.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 71.12 x 55.88 cm (28 x 22 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000271
386188
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2438
Language: English
Subject: Actors--Pictorial works
Actresses--Pictorial works
Melodramas
Theatrical productions
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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