Image of eight actors in costume performing as various roles including a center image of two men with one holding a piece of sheet music and a baton, and smaller images of six other performers including a girl, two young women holding school books and an umbrella, a man wearing theatrical tights and holding a shield and sword before a book labeled "Al. G. Bray" on the floor, a man dressed as a boy with books, and a man holding a broom before a box labeled "Chewing Gum"; the poster advertises the musical comedy "Our Private Tutors" performed by the company of Ray L. Royce and Web Lansing. Probable date based on general show history; "Our Private Tutors" toured in the 1887-1888 season. "Great Western Pr Eng + Lith Co. St. Louis"--text, bottom right of image. "646"--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 70.49 x 52.71 cm (27 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Comedians--Pictorial works Comedies Musicals Students--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Royce & Lansing’s Musical Comedy Company 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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