Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor John T. Raymond in an oval frame, surrounded by vignettes of scenes from six of Raymond's plays consisting of a man handing another man a rolled document captioned "Risks." and depicting a scene from the comedy by Bartley Campbell; a man speaking in a courtroom captioned "Col. Sellers." and depicting a scene from the play "Colonel Sellers" based on the novel "The Gilded Age" by Mark Twain; a man trying to strangle another man before a well captioned "Wolfert's Roost." and depicting a scene from "Ichabod Crane" by George Fawcett Rowe and based on a story by Washington Irving; a young couple sitting in a romantic embrace on a couch captioned "Paradise" and depicting a scene from the play "In Paradise" by George Jessop and William Gill; a crowded political rally with signs, including one reading "For Congress Peter Woolley," depicting a scene from the play "For Congress" written by D. D. Lloyd; and a group of gypsy women surrounding a man, captioned "Fresh the American," and depicting a scene from the play by Archibald Clavering Gunter; with date information printed at top of image for a July 12, [1886], show at the Bush St. Theatre in San Francisco, California. Probable date supplied by cataloger based on plays depicted in the image and a newspaper article noting "Mr. John T. Raymond's recent engagement at the Bush-Street Theatre was financially successful, and to-night he returns after a week's stay in Southern California to do 'In Paradise' at the same house." ("Notes of the stage" in the New York Times, 12 July 1886). "Bush St. / Theatre / Return / July 12"--text, top centered. "W. J. Morgan & Co. / Lith. Cleveland, O."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 95.25 x 68.58 cm (37 1/2 x 27 in.)
Raymond, John T., 1836-1887--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Bush Street Theatre Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
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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