Image of a central image of a full-length portrait of a man wearing glasses and holding one hand out towards the viewer and a hat in the other; surrounded by six vignettes of scenes consisting of a man standing on a chair about to hang himself with a noose; a man hitting another in a fist fight; a man falling out of a window; two women fighting each other; women attempting to restrain a violent man; and a man and a woman sitting on a bench and concealed by an umbrella who are presumably embracing; the poster advertises the comedy "The Professor" written by William Gillette. Date supplied by cataloger based on year the play was first performed (Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, Vol. XI, page 237). "Hatch Lithographic Co., New York."--text, lower right of center image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 86.68 x 61.6 cm (34 1/8 x 24 1/4 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Arguments--Pictorial works Comedies Courtship--Pictorial works Hanging--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Violence--Pictorial works 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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