Image of two men racing carts driven by snorting horses down a crowded city street and being chased by a police officer with angry pedestrians, a dog, and storefronts in the background; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in forma dress at upper left; unfinished title panel has horseshoe decoration; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives." Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1877; end of title supplied by cataloger based on title of similar images in collection. "Lith. by the J.M.W. Jones S. & P. Co., Chicago."--text, bottom left margin. "Harry Webber / And / [blank text panel]"--text, top and bottom edges.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 69.85 x 50.8 cm (27 1/2 x 20 in.)
Webber, Harry--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Comedies Horse racing--Pictorial works Melodramas Police--Pictorial works 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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