Image of an open gold pocket watch containing a central head-and-shoulders portrait of a female performer in formal dress, presumably burlesque actor and singer Adah Richmond, surrounded by twelve smaller head-and-shoulder portraits of unidentified male and female performers. Probable date based on references in 1885 newspaper advertisements for company, including "1885 Season 1886 The Adah Richmond American Burlesque Company ... under the management of Frederick S. Mordaunt ... address all communications to Thomas Canary, Proprietor ..." ([Advertisement], New York Mirror, page 12). "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom left. "Thos. Canary, Sole-Proprietor"--text, bottom centered. "Fred. S. Mordaunt, Manager."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 73.34 x 57.47 cm (28 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Richmond, Adah, 19th cent.--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Burlesque (Theater) Pocket watches--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Adah Richmond American Burlesque Company 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
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