Image of American actor and comedian John Sheridan dressed as the female character Mrs. O’Brien, an old woman in a feathered hat, entering through a door carrying hat boxes and an umbrella, with a painted screen with an image of a heron landing on a pond in the background; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Esq." that was based on a character by that name in the 1880s comedy "Fun on the Bristol." Probable date based on general show history; the comedy was first produced in 1892 upon Sheridan's return to the United States following tours in England and Australia (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XV, page 337). "The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cint - NY - Lon."--text, bottom right. "4934"--text, top right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 51.12 cm (30 1/4 x 20 1/8 in.)
Sheridan, John F., -1908--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Comedians--Portraits Comedies Female impersonators--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Frank W. Sanger’s 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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