Image of an outdoor scene with a horse-drawn wagon labeled "John Thompsons Express no. 1" being driven by a driver down a dirt road with nine caricatured men and women including a Chinese immigrant in the cart; with a vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and character actor John Thompson at upper left in an oval leaf frame; the poster advertises the comedic show "Around the World" (also known as "Around the World in Eighty Minutes"). Probable date based on newspaper advertisements for the show dating from around 1879 to 1886. "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. Cleveland. O."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 35.88 x 51.28 cm (14 1/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Thompson, John (Comedian)--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Chinese Americans--Caricatures and cartoons Comedians--Portraits Comedies Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--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
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