Image of a group of eight adults including a maid and men and women in formal dress, with one wearing a monocle, surrounding and comforting a boy in ripped clothing who has been beaten up and is covered in bandage and bruises; the poster advertises the comedy "The New Baby" adapted by English actor and stage manager Arthur Bourchier from the German play "Der Rabenvater" by H. Fischer and Joseph Jarn. "Copyright, 1899 by / The U.S. Printing Co. / Russell-Morgan / Print / Cin. & N.Y. / 3995"--text, lower right. “'I’ve been sharing in the doctor’s success'"--text, caption, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 53.34 cm (28 x 21 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Bruises--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Comedies Physicians Theatrical productions 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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