Image of full-length portraits of five burlesque actors standing or sitting on pedestals in elaborate stage costumes with hats, including one with a stuffed bird, capes, and tights, with a potted palm plant and leafy vine in the background, with a vignette of the head of an owl at upper left; the poster advertises the Night Owls Burlesque Company. Probable date range approximated by cataloger. "The / Springer / Litho. Co. / N.Y."--text, bottom right. "No. 1273"--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.2 x 107 cm (30 x 42 1/8 in.)
Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Burlesque (Theater) Dancers--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Night Owls 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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