Image of a parlor containing two men in a fist fight while a woman and little girl watch, and two men, one carrying a gun and the other a piece of paper enter from opposing doorways; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and actor Harry Webber in formal dress at upper left; the poster advertises the melodrama comedy "Nip and Tuck: or, the Great Detectives." Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1877. "Lith. by the J.M.W. Jones S. & P. Co. Chicago."--text, bottom left margin. "'I'm sure, the Major took them, for he asked me, where they were kept.'"--text, caption, bottom centered
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.02 x 72.07 cm (20 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
Webber, Harry A.--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Arguments--Pictorial works Comedies Crime--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Violence--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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