Image of a central image of a paddle steamer called the Bristol with people on deck and flags flying; a vignette of a ship's captain standing in the "B" of the title text and looking through a spy glass at top center, a vignette of a full-length caricature portrait of a naval officer standing with a sword at bottom left and a vignette of a cartoon of the officer getting sea sick while the ship captain looks on and asks, "Sick Sir?" and the officer responds, "You don't suppose I'm doing this for fun do you?" at bottom right; the poster advertises the comedy-musical show "Fun on the Bristol, Or a Night on the Sound" managed by Edward E. Rice and Henry C. Jarrett. Margins trimmed on local copy; probable date range based on general show history; the show was first performed in 1880.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 59.37 x 38.1 cm (23 3/8 x 15 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Comedies Musicals Navies--Officers--Pictorial works Paddle steamers--Pictorial works Ship captains--Pictorial works Ships--Pictorial works Steamboats--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Cartoons (Commentary). (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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