Image / Carrie Swain : "Ah! There!"

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Title: Carrie Swain : "Ah! There!"
Creator: Arnold, Vic, artist
A.S. Seer’s Printing Establishment (New York, N.Y.), printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the smiling face of American actor Carrie Swain bursting through torn paper; the poster presumably advertises the comedic melodrama "Cad, the Tomboy" written by Leonard Grover.
Probable date based on newspaper advertisement with same slogan as poster: "Ah! There! Carrie Swain! in Cad! The Tomboy!" (Daily Alta California, 9 July 1886, page 1); Swain performed in the play from 1882 until around 1886. "Vic Arnold"--text, artist's signature, in stone. "A.S. Seer's Union Square Litho Print N.Y."--text, lower left.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 77.47 x 106.05 cm (30 1/2 x 41 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000183
386609
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2336
Language: English
Subject: Swain, Carrie--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Actresses--Pictorial works
Theatrical productions
Lithographs--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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000265

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