Image of a central image of a parade of primarily female performers in burlesque costumes carrying brooms, lanterns and weapons and marching in a Russian fort during a snow storm, with soldiers looking on; with two vignettes of exotic Middle Eastern scenes with women in a Turkish harem and men drinking tea and smoking from a hookah in the upper corner and two women at lower corners with palm trees above their heads looking on; fashion details include orientalism; the poster advertises the comic opera "Fatinitza" written by Franz von Suppe and set during the Crimean War. Margins trimmed on local copy; probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; "Fatinitza" was first performed in the United States in October, 1878. "El[?]"--text, artist's signature in stone, illegible, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 52.07 x 76.2 cm (20 1/2 x 30 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Harems--Pictorial works Historical dramas Musical entertainments Operas Soldiers--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Von Suppe's Comic Opera Lithographs--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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