Image of a full-length portrait of burlesque performer Ada Henry in a burlesque formal riding costume impersonating a man with a long riding coat, top hat, ruffled shirt, cummerbund, blue garter, tights; with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Ada Henry in formal female dress at top left bordered by leaves. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general company history; newspapers began mentioning performances of the "Henry Burlesque Company" around the early 1890s. “W J Morgan & Co. / Lith. Cleveland, O.”—text, bottom left of image. “Under the / direction / of / J.H. Smith.”—text, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 151.77 x 64.45 cm (59 3/4 x 25 3/8 in.)
Henry, Ada--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Burlesque (Theater) Henry Burlesque Company 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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