Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of the slave hunter character the lawyer Marks holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat and suit coat; head-and-shoulders portraits of United States President Abraham Lincoln and American novelist Harriett Beecher Stowe at top corners; the poster advertises a theatrical production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" adapted from the novel by Harriet Beecher Stow. Probable date range approximated by cataloger. "Ackermann-Quigley / Litho. Co. / Kansas City"--text, lower right. "No. 2223"--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 69.85 x 51.44 cm (27 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Pictorial works Actors--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (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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