Image of an outdoor night scene of the English countryside in winter with a young man wearing pajamas on his knees before a man with a whip in a snowy field with an old woman looking on and a green wagon, barn, and snowy field in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Lights o' London" written by George R. Sims and performed by the company of Sheridan Shook and James Collier. Margins trimmed on local copy; probable date range based on general show history; the play was first brought by Shook & Collier around 1882. "The Road From Chatham to London, in the Snow & Moonlight."--text, top margin centered below title.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.17 x 58.42 cm (19 3/4 x 23 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Melodramas Snow--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Winter--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters. (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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