Image of three men and a woman standing between large trees with a rowboat and ship in the water in the background and vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of characters from the play framed in the branches of the trees including images of two girls, a baby, an older sailor, an older man smoking a pike, and two young men; fragment of a date sheet with show information for a November show at the Worcester Theatre; the poster advertises the domestic melodrama "Hearts of Oak" written by James A. Herne and David Belasco. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on show history; the play was first performed in 1879 and performed regularly into the 1880s. "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. Cleveland, O."--text, bottom margin centered. "Worcester Theatre, Monday, November [?] / One Night [Only]"--text, bottom margin centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 93.35 x 33.97 cm (36 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
Herne, James A., 1839-1901. Hearts of oak Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Trees--Pictorial works Melodramas Ships--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Worcester Theatre Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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