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Tony Denier's Alfred the great Miaco clown pantomimist and emperor of the stilts : with Humpty Dumpty newly hatched

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Title: Tony Denier's Alfred the great Miaco clown pantomimist and emperor of the stilts : with Humpty Dumpty newly hatched
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1881
1882
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 central scene of caricatures of two male and one female performers on a miniature stage consisting of a blond boy dancing in a sailors suit, presumably Tony Denier, a blond woman dancing in a servant's outfit, presumably Amanda Tissot, and a man with a cane and top hat, presumably Jules Tissot; with head-and-shoulder portrait vignettes presumably of the Tissots and Denier at top; date sheet for a February 22, [1882], show at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty Pantomime Troupe, with the text for "Mons. and Mlle. Tissot, the Living Automatons" covered by a sheet advertising the clown Alfred Miaco.
Date based on day and month in date sheet. "The [Strobridge Lithographing Co. Cincinnati, O.]"--text, bottom left margin, partially covered by pasted date sheet. "[Mons' & M'lle Tissot.] / and their wonderful / living / automatons / the great / novelty"--text, continuation of title, surrounding central image, partially covered by pasted sheet for Alfred Miaco. "Fulton Opera House / Wednesday, February 22"--text, date sheet pasted at bottom of poster.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 54.61 x 597 5/8 cm (21 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_002529
418308
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2652
Subject: Denier, Tony, 1839?-1917--Portraits
Miaco, Alfred F
Tissot, Amanda--Portraits
Tissot, Jules--Portraits
Actors--Pictorial works
Dancers--Pictorial works
Pantomime
Theatrical productions
Fulton Opera House
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portraits. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place: Lancaster (Pa.)
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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