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Title: Rob’t Downing as the Saracen
Creator: W. J. Morgan & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1885
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Robert Downing in costume as an Arabian character wearing a keffiyeh headscarf and gold jewelry; the poster advertises the play "The Saracen" by Alexander Dumas that was translated from the French and adapted by A. D. Hall.
Probable date based on general show history; Downing first performed in the play in 1890. "W J Morgan & Co / Lith. Cleveland, O."--text, lower right.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 99.06 x 71.76 cm (39 x 28 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000246
386975
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2402
Language: English
Subject: Downing, Robert, -1944--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Arabs--Pictorial works
Ethnic costume--Pictorial works
Historical dramas
Theatrical productions
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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