Image of a central image of a horse-drawn stagecoach crashing out of control in an accident with passengers in historical clothing falling with luggage and broken wagon wheels from the carriage, bordered by vignettes of a man falling through a ceiling onto a dinner table and another with a pantomime clown falling into a stack of luggage while a military officer with a sword steps over a man while climbing stairs towards him; with head-and-shoulders portraits of comedians Morton Emmerson (or Morton Emerson), Willis Clark, and William Daly and Thomas Daly in formal dress; the poster advertises the pantomimic comedy "Pour Prendre Congé; or, Seeing Switzerland" produced by William A. Mestayer and John P. Smith. Margins trimmed on local copy; probable date based on year the show was first produced. "John P. Smith & Wm. A. Mestayer, / Managers & Proprietors."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 57.79 x 93.35 cm (22 3/4 x 36 3/4 in.)
Clark, Willis, -1899--Portraits Daly, Bill (Entertainer)--Portraits Daly, Tom, 1855-1892--Portraits Emerson, Mort, 1853-1919--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Comedians--Portraits Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works Pantomimes Theatrical productions Transportation accidents--Pictorial works Emerson, Clark & Daly Brothers 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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