Image of five vignettes of dramatic scenes with a central image of two men dueling outdoors in winter captioned "Act 4th. The Duel in the Snow"; two scenes of men and women in a parlor, presumably courting, captioned "Act 1st." and "Act 2d."; a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase with party guests looking on, captioned "Act 3d. The Insult."; and a woman crying in a parlor while a little girl pulls at her father's arm, captioned "Act 5th. 'Pappa Kiss Mama!'" with three inset images of two older men and a young woman in a mourning veil captioned "The Widow"; with date sheet for a March 18, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" written by Bronson Howard. Date supplied by cataloger based on day and month on date sheet and general printer history; Thomas operated from 112 Fourth Avenue from around 1881 to 1883. A Lancaster, Pennsylvania, newspaper advertised the play at the Fulton Opera House on March 18, 1882 (Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, 17 March 1884, page 3). "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio 112 Fourth Ave. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Opera House! / One night only, / Saturday Mar. 18"--text, date sheet attached at bottom of poster.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 86.36 x 61.28 cm (34 x 24 1/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Arguments--Pictorial works Courtship--Pictorial works Dueling--Pictorial works Melodramas Rich people--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Violence--Pictorial works Fulton Opera House Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place
Lancaster (Pa.)
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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