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Title: Poster tableaux Saturday March 19th Academy of Fine Arts
Creator: Abbott, Elenore Plaisted, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1898
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of an advertisement for a Poster Tableaux put on by the Plastic Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; woman wearing a low-cut gown and mask kicks up her heels with a harlequin clown; posters on display in background.
Item originally owned by illustrator Curtis Wager-Smith (1870-1950). Date supplied by cataloger based on organization history and day/date; the Plastic Club was founded in 1897, and March 19th fell on a Saturday in 1898. "E Plaisted."--text, artist's signature on stone, top left of image. "Plastic Club Tickets 1.00 For Sale. At 1119 Chestnut St. And At The Academy."--text, bottom left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 45.56 x 35.56 cm (17 15/16 x 14 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ART_003171
502549
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5196
Language: English
Subject: Clowns--Pictorial works
Exhibitions--Pictorial works
Women--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Artist Posters
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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