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Title: Stuart Rogers in his wonderful impersonation of Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone
Creator: Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.), printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1881
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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 character actor and reciter Stuart Rogers standing in an office next to a chair in formal dress impersonating the British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone; the poster advertises Rogers's recitation of a part of Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Speech delivered to the House of Commons on June 7, 1886.
Probable date based on an 1886 newspaper advertisement: "The second week in November Mr. Stuart Rogers will give an entertainment consisting of recitations and impersonations in costume. Mr. Rogers mimics to the life all the celebrities of the day, including Mr. Gladstone ..." ("Lectures," Wellsville Allegany County Republican, 15 October 1886, page 3) "Armstrong & Co. Lith. Boston."--text, bottom centered. "Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone / Introducing an Extract From the / Premier's Famous Speech on / Home Rule"--text, bottom centered. "NOTICE TO MANAGERS: Lithographs like this specimen furnished to Managers and / Committees for advertising purposes, at five cents each. For list of other advertising material, address. ARTHUR L. BROWN, Box 694, Providence, R. I., U. S. A."--text, left margin. "Address all communications, relative to terms, dates, etc., for Mr. Rogers' Entertainment, / ARTHUR L. BROWN, Box 694, Providence, R. I., U. S. A."--text, right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 51.75 x 30.8 cm (20 3/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000464
386877
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1790
Language: English
Subject: Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898--Pictorial works
Rogers, Stuart--Portraits
Actors--Pictorial works
Actors--Portraits
Celebrity impersonators--Pictorial works
Theatrical productions
Lithographs--1875-1900. (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

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