Image of a couple, with the man on his tiptoes, holding hands and about to kiss in front of a bush with flowers; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Planter's Wife" by James K. Tillotson. Local copy is fragment of poster; probable date based on general show and printer histories; the play was first performed in 1880 and T. Sinclair & Son operated until 1888. "Thos. Sinclair & Son, Lith [?]"--text, bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 37.47 x 17.15 cm (14 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Melodramas Couples--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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