Image of a dining room scene with a wedding cake on the table and the groom sitting back in his chair as the bride rushes at him with her hands in the air knocking over her chair, while the rest of the family stands up from the table; a head-and-shoulder portrait framed within a nutmeg seed of a girl wearing a bonnet at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Nutmeg Match" written by William Haworth. Probable date based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1892. "A Nutmeg Match. / 'Cinders'"--text, surrounding a portrait within a nutmeg seed. "4959"--text, top right. "The / Strobridge / Lith Co. / Cin'ti-N.Y.-Lon"--text, bottom left. "The Wedding Breakfast. / 'I'll Go To King's Holler Or I'll Not Go At All!'"--text, caption, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 102.55 cm (30 1/4 x 40 3/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Dining rooms--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Wedding cakes--Pictorial works 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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