Image of a full-length portrait of character Sammy Wetherwick, a middle-aged man holding a top hat scratching his head, with branches and leaves in the right border; a fragment of a date sheet and text for a show at Bunnell's Museum [Buffalo, New York] pasted at bottom of image; the poster advertises the melodrama "Hoop of Gold" written by J. Mortimer Murdock. Probable date based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1883. "Forbes Co., Boston"--text, bottom right margin. "Bunnell's Museum"--text, fragment of date sheet attached to bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 73.34 x 51.12 cm (28 7/8 x 20 1/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Bunnell's Museum 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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