Image of a scene in a house with a mother-in-law attacking an Irish man with a feather duster and holding a letter addressed "Alderman McSweeney New York" with a couple, a man drinking from a bottle of wine, and a woman entering through a door in the background and a sign reading "Keep Nothing From Mother" on the wall; the poster presumably advertises the farce comedy "The Irish Alderman," written by Robert Neilson Stephens, in which a female impersonator played the role of Mrs. Bridget Casey, the mother-in-law of Alderman Dennis McSweeney. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; the "Irish Alderman" was first performed in 1896 and remained popular through 1900. "The / Enquirer / Job Printing Co. / Cin O"--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 84.77 x 58.42 cm (33 3/8 x 23 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Arguments--Pictorial works Female impersonators--Pictorial works Irish Americans--Caricatures and cartoons Mothers-in-law--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Violence--Pictorial works 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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