Image of an escaped prisoner in a wooded area near railroad tracks at night being helped by a young woman to remove a ball and chain from around his ankle as a search party closes in, with a river with steamboats in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "Only a Farmer's Daughter" written by Elliott Barnes. Probable date based on printer history; Maerz joined the Courier Lith. Co. as superintendent of the art department around 1881 (Last, The Color Explosion, 208). "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom left margin. "Maerz"--text, artist.'s signature in stone, bottom left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.34 x 72.07 cm (21 x 28 3/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Comedies Escaped prisoners--Pictorial works Melodramas Prisoners--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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