Image of an Irish outdoor dancing festival with men and women in historical costumes dancing as couples, and a stone Celtic cross, castle, ruins, bridge and mountains in the background; the poster advertisers the Irish melodrama "Peep o' Day" written by Edmund Falconer and based on a story by Irish writer John Banim. Probable date based on 1862 newspaper advertisements for the show at the theatre (such as "Laura Keene's Theater ... The Macarthy; Or Peep O' Day ..." ["Amusements," New-York Daily Tribune, 10 March 1862, page 1]). "Lith. of Shearman & Hart 99 Fulton St. N.Y."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 37.78 x 30.48 cm (14 7/8 x 12 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Celts--Pictorial works Dancers--Pictorial works Ireland--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Laura Keene's Theatre Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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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