Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of actor Jean Burnside shown with American coins falling out of the sky. Probable date based on printer history; Thomas is listed at a 743 Broadway address in the 1873 New York City Directory. "H.A. Thomas"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower left. "Henry A. Thomas, Artistic Lithography 743 Roadway [sic] N.Y."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 56.52 x 45.09 cm (22 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Burnside, Jean, active 19th century--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Coins--Pictorial works Lithographs--1850-1875. (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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