Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a farm girl wearing a bonnet and a red bandana around her neck, with a pail of corn and a rural country landscape in the background; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Esmeralda" written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William H. Gillette. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on show and printer history; Esmeralda was first performed in 1881 at Madison Square Theatre in New York City; Strobridge Lithographing Company did not open a New York sales office until May 1882. "N.Y. 160."--text, top right. "Ed Blue"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower right. "The Strobridge Lith Co. Cincinnati & New York."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 96.52 x 70.8 cm (38 x 27 7/8 in.)
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 Gillette, William, 1853-1937 Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Comedies Farms--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Women farmers--Pictorial works Madison Square Theatre 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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