Image of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of American actor Kate Claxton in a formal high-neck dress; the poster advertises performances beginning on October 8, [1883], at the Grand Opera House in Brooklyn, New York, of the romantic drama "The Sea of Ice" written by Adolphe d'Ennery. Probable date based on month and day in item text; Claxton performed the play "Sea of Ice" at the Grand Opera House from October 8th-13th in 1883 (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XII, page 365). "The Graphic Co. N.Y."--text, bottom right. "Jones"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower right. "Grand Opera House, Week Commencing Monday, Oct. 8 / Matinees Wednesday and Saturday."--text, top margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 56.2 cm (28 x 22 1/8 in.)
Claxton, Kate, 1848-1924--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Grand Opera House Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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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