Image of a central image of a man with torn clothing lying face down in the bushes before a mansion with the caption "Uncared for, Unpitied, He Wanders Alone, A Creature of God, Forsaken, Unknown," with an image at left of a man in a rowboat rescuing a drowning man from the water with a bridge barely visible in the background, and an image at right of a man standing on a rock with waves crashing around him while holding a lifeless woman over his shoulder; the poster advertises a rewritten version of the melodrama "The Unknown" by John A. Stevens. Probable date based on year of newspaper articles promoting the rewritten play, including "The next underline is The New Unknown, a freshened arrangement of his old-time success which John A. Stevens has lately evolved in the retirement of his quiet home on Jay Street." (New York Dramatic Mirror, 12 February 1898, page 3). "Calhoun / Print / Hartford"--text, circle logo at lower left corner. "Acted a greater number of times than any drama ever written."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 woodcut : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 107.32 cm (30 1/4 x 42 1/4 in.)
Stevens, John A., 1842 or 3-1916--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Drowning--Pictorial works Rescues--Pictorial works Melodramas Theatrical productions Relief prints--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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