Image of a central image of a carnival with four female performers dancing around the American actor Henry Dixey, dressed in historical costume as Adonis, with four head-and-shoulder portraits of the female dancers at top and a vignette portrait framed with flowers of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a sad young woman with a red heart being chopped by an ax; the poster advertises the burlesque comedy "Adonis, the Statue" written by William Gill. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1884 and continued with Dixey in the lead role for many years. "B [NY]2395"--text, top right. "The / Strobridge / Lith Co / Cinti NY Lon"--text, bottom left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 82.23 x 39.05 cm (32 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Dixey, Henry E., 1859-1943--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Burlesque (Theater) Comedies Dancers--Pictorial works Musicals Theatrical productions Rice & Dixey's Big Burlesque Co 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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