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Title: Over the garden wall : Mrs. Geo. S. Knight
Creator: W. J. Morgan & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880
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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 head-and-shoulders portrait of American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight in formal dress and wearing a large hat and framed by an Art Nouveau-style floral border; the poster advertises the musical and burlesque show "Over the Garden Wall" by Scott Marble produced by Knight and her husband, German comedian George S. Knight.
Probable date based on general show history; the show opened around early 1885. "W J Morgan & Co / Lith. Cleveland, O."--text, lower left.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 98.74 x 61.28 cm (38 7/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000236
386965
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2393
Language: English
Subject: Knight, George S., Mrs., -1917--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Actresses--Pictorial works
Burlesque (Theater)
Comedians--Portraits
Musical entertainments
Theatrical productions
Lithographs--Color--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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