Image of an outdoor scene with a woman lying dead on the ground as a man mourns over her body and a man in a sailor suit points at another man, presumably the murderer, while a group of onlookers watch; the poster advertises a rewritten version of the melodrama "The Unknown" by John A. Stevens. Probable date based on year of newspaper articles promoting the rewritten play, including "The next underline is The New Unknown, a freshened arrangement of his old-time success which John A. Stevens has lately evolved in the retirement of his quiet home on Jay Street." (New York Dramatic Mirror, 12 February 1898, page 3). "Calhoun / Print / Harford"--text, circle logo at bottom right. "The Assassin"--text, caption, bottom center.
Type
image
Extent
1 woodcut : color printed ; overall 75.25 x 106.05 cm (29 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Stevens, John A., 1842 or 3-1916--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Assassins--Pictorial works Melodramas Murder--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Relief prints--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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