Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of opéra bouffe actor and singer Louise Theo in a lace-fringed dress and hat in a circular border decorated with flowers and leaves. Probable date based on general performer history; Theo first performed in the United States in 1882. "Drawn expressly / Brainards' Musical / Treasures. / by / W.J. Morgan & Co. Cleveland."--text, bottom center margin. "W.U.[?]"--text, illegible artist's signature in stone, lower right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 33.66 x 25.4 cm (13 1/4 x 10 in.)
Theo, Louise--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Opera singers--Portraits Singers--Pictorial works Brainards' Musical Treasures Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Small Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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