Image of United States President Abraham Lincoln holding a piece of paper and standing before a full waste basket while a little girl in a pink dress carrying a doll tugs on his sleeve and the Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles looks on from behind the desk; an American flag is emblazoned behind the title of the play at top center; the poster advertises the naval melodrama "The Ensign" written by William Haworth. Probable date based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1891. "The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cin'ti - N.Y. - Lon."--text, bottom right. "Mary's plea for the ensign's life."--text, bottom centered. "4341"--text, top right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 79.38 x 54.61 cm (31 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Portraits Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878--Portraits United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Historical dramas Melodramas Politicians--Pictorial works Presidents--United States--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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