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Title
John Thompson and his star troupe of comic characters. : In "around the world."
Creator
W. J. Morgan & Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of a train platform with nine caricatured men and women including a Chinese immigrant with his back turned, a female impersonator, and a man with a monkey sitting on a box on his back, standing at center with luggage and trunks and a crowd of passengers watching from a railroad train car labeled "Drawing Room Car"; with a vignette head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian and character actor John Thompson at upper left in an oval leaf frame; the poster advertises the comedic show "Around the World" (also known as "Around the World in Eighty Minutes").
Probable date based on newspaper advertisements for the show dating from around 1879 to 1886. "W.J. Morgan & Co. Lith. Cleveland. O."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 35.72 x 51.12 cm (14 1/16 x 20 1/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_001347
409463
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1807
Language
English
Subject
Thompson, John (Comedian)--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Actors--Pictorial works
Caricatures and cartoons
Chinese Americans--Caricatures and cartoons
Comedians--Portraits
Comedies
Female impersonators--Pictorial works
Railroad cars--Pictorial works
Theatrical productions
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (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
Relation
priJLC_ENT_001346

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