Image of a full-length portrait of American performer Fanny Rice sitting atop a stone pedestal outdoors and holding a yellow rose in her hand, and wearing a dancing costume with a short-sleeved corseted top, skirt, and petticoat, and a white hat with a floral decoration, with yellow roses in her lap and tree leaves and branches behind her. 3-sheet poster; probable date approximated based on theatrical poster printed by Strobridge in the collection with a similar job number (6032) copyrighted 1894 (see priJLC_ENT_000233) and a December 1894 newspaper article describing "America's queen of mirth and music. The famous New York Casino prima donan [sic] commedienne, dainty, funny Fanny Rice, and her own superb company in the operatic comedy, 'A Frau's Frolic!'" ("Plattsburgh Theatre," Plattsburgh Sentinel, 14 December 1894, page 8) “6071”-text, top right margin. “The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cincinnati & New York.”—text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 224.16 x 111.76 cm (88 1/4 x 44 in.)
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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