Image of a full-length portrait of burlesque performer Mabel Santley in a short costume holding a rope in the wilderness. Full artist's name and probable date supplied by cataloger and based on artist history; Arthur Jule Goodman worked for the Strobridge Lithographing company in the early 1880s (Spangenberg, Amazing American Circus Poster, page 255). "The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cin. O."--text, bottom margin centered. "AJ Goodman"--text, artist's signature, lower right of image. "Worcester Theatre, Monday April 17"--text, handwritten note, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 97.79 x 38.74 cm (38 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)
Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Burlesque (Theater) Dancers--Portraits Dancers--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Women--Pictorial works Rentz Santley Burlesque Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (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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