Image of a central vignette of a family sitting in a dining room on a snowy evening while a man lies dead on the ground next to a gun outside and a couple embraces in a barn, captioned "Dot, or the cricket on the hearth," with a top center vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of English-American comedic actor John Owens in formal dress, seven vignettes of portraits of Owens dressed as characters, captioned "Perkyn Middlewick the butterman," "Joshua Butterby," "Paul Pry," "John Unit," Major Wellington de Boots," Solon Shingle," and Dr. Pangloss, L.L.D. & A.S.S.," and six additional smaller vignettes of dramatic scenes. Probable date range based on performer history; Owens first performed the role of "Perkyn Middlewick" in 1875 (as referenced in Thomas Bogar, John E. Owens ..., page 171), and he died in 1886. "Perkyn Middlewick / The Busterman. / Joshua Butterby. / Dr Pangloss, L.L.D. & A.S.S. / Dot, or the Cricket on the Hearth. / Paul Pry. / Solon Shingle. / Major Wellington / De Boots. / John Unit."--text, captions. "Lith. by A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore, Md."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 74.3 x 56.52 cm (29 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
Owens, John E. (John Edmond), 1823-1886--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Comedians--Portraits Comedies Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--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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