Image / Mr. Robert Downing

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Title: Mr. Robert Downing
Creator: Chicago Bank Note Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
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 American actor Robert Downing, in costume, performing as a Roman gladiator and standing with a sword and shield standing over a fallen opponent; the poster presumably advertises the tragedy "The Gladiator."
Probable date based on printer history; the Chicago Bank Note Company operated from around 1888 to 1893. "The / Chicago / Bank Note / Company / 151"--text, lower right of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 97.47 x 63.82 cm (38 3/8 x 25 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000227
386956
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2385
Language: English
Subject: Downing, Robert, -1944--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Gladiators--Pictorial works
Historical dramas
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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000228 ; priJLC_ENT_000244 ; priJLC_ENT_000245

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