Image of a caricature of a frightened fisherman in a marsh hooked on his own fishing line and trapped on a log between an alligator attacking from the left and a hippopotamus emerging from the water at right; the poster advertises pantomime spectacle "Superba" produced by the Hanlon Brothers. Margins trimmed on local copy; printer supplied by cataloger based on fragment of printer name in lower right corner of print. Probable date based on general show history and printer history; Superba was first produced in 1890 and toured until 1911 (McKinven, Hanlon Brothers, page 70), and the Springer Lithographic Company operated from 1889 until 1895 (Last, The Color Explosion, page 229).
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 66.68 x 96.84 cm (26 1/4 x 38 1/8 in.)
Hanlon-Lees (Theatrical troupe) Alligators--Pictorial works Animals--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Fishing--Pictorial works Hippopotamus--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Hanlon Brothers 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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