Image of a central image a boy about to hit another boy who lies on the ground below him but is being held back by a maid in a kitchen area, while another servant looks on at the fighting, captioned “Oliver plucks up a spirit”; with a top-left vignette of a boy on his knees pleading before a magistrate while a group of lawyers look on, disinterested, captioned “Oliver escapes from the sweep”; and a bottom-right vignette of a young boy asking for more gruel from a male cook while other boys sitting on benches at a dining table look on fearfully, and a woman stands in background; the poster depicts scenes form “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. 3-sheet poster; date range approximated by cataloger. “Calhoun Print Co Hartford Conn”—text, lower left of image circle logo.
Type
image
Extent
1 woodcut : color printed ; overall 213.36 x 109.06 cm (84 x 42 15/16 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Arguments--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Lawyers--Pictorial works Melodramas Orphans--Pictorial works Poor--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Relief prints--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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