Image of a full-length portrait of comedian Roland Reed with vignettes of four scenes from the comedic melodrama "Cheek" by Frederick Mardsen, with captions of text between characters Ted and Dick and quotes from newspaper reviews of the play in the Chicago Times, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Herald, the St. Louis Republican, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Boston Herald, and the Boston Daily Globe; with date information for a show at the Worcester Theatre on November 7, [1883]. Full artist's name supplied by cataloger; probable date supplied by cataloger based on 1882 dates of the quoted Boston newspaper reviews in item text and general show history; the play was first performed in 1882. "The Courier Lith, Co. Buffalo N.Y."--text, bottom margin centered. "Maerz"--text, artist.'s signature in stone, lower left. "By the Popular American Author / Fred Marsden, / Author of Zip, Musette, Bob, Kerry Gow, and Zara. / Gustave A. Mortimer [space] Manager."--text, bottom centered. "Worcester Theatre [Nov 7]"--text, overprint, bottom margin. "Worcester Theatre / Wed. Nov. 7"--text, handwritten note, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 101.92 x 37.47 cm (40 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
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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