Image of a bedroom scene with a father in his nightgown about to step barefoot on a pile of tacks as he holds a crying baby who pulls on his hair and mustache, while, behind them, a mother and two sons laugh from a bed and one holds a sign that reads "110th lap," and the woman pulls the man's wallet from pants hanging near the bed; the poster advertises the comedy "The New Baby" adapted by English actor and stage manager Arthur Bourchier from the German play "Der Rabenvater" by H. Fischer and Joseph Jarn. Copyright, 1901, by / The U.S. Lithograph Co. / Russell-Morgan / Print / Cincinnati & New York / 5402"--text, bottom right corner. “Papa’s Baby”--text, caption, bottom left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 73.03 x 53.66 cm (28 3/4 x 21 1/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Comedies Fathers & children--Pictorial works Practical jokes--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (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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