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Mr. W. E. Burton, As Toodle, as originally played by him, over six hundred nights, at the various theatres in the United States

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Title: Mr. W. E. Burton, As Toodle, as originally played by him, over six hundred nights, at the various theatres in the United States
Creator: Gurney, J. (Jeremiah), 1812-1895, artist
Parsloe, Edmond, printer
Parsloe, Edmond, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
J.C., former owner
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
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 full-length portrait of actor William E. Burton dressed as the character Timothy Toodle with a top hat and cane standing in a clearing in the woods; the poster advertises the comedic melodrama "The Toodles" adapted by Burton from the play "The Farmer's Daughter" by R. J. Raymond.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859; by Edmd. Parsloe in the Clerk's Office of the Distrt. Court of the Southn. Distrt. of N.Y."--text, lower margin, centered. "Lith. & Publ. by E. Parsloe, 429 Broadway."--text, lower left. "Photograph by J. Gurney, 707 Broadway."--text, lower right. "'No, Ma'am, No! I am Not a Damaged Article.'"--text, caption, bottom margin centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 42.86 x 32.07 cm (16 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000996
386266
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1802
Language: English
Subject: Burton, W. E. (W. Evans)--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Comedies
Theatrical productions
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000997

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