Image of six head-and-shoulders portraits of the two female and four male members of the comic troupe Salsbury's Troubadours wearing formal dress, in oval frames surrounded by plants, a crane, a turtle, and two anthropomorphized singing frogs; the portraits are unlabeled but presumably include troupe members Nate Salsbury, Nellie McHenry, and John L. Webster. Margins trimmed on local copy; date range supplied by cataloger based on years Nate Salsbury operated the comic troupe ("Reminiscences by Nate Salsbury" in the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 5, Issue 1 [Winter 1993], page 5).
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 58.42 x 46.04 cm (23 x 18 1/8 in.)
Salsbury's Troubadours--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Anthropomorphism Comedians--Portraits Comedies Singers--Pictorial works Musical entertainments Salsbury's Troubadours Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Group portraits. (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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