Image of a collage of images centered on a young man in an aristocratic historical costume with tights holding up a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, and surrounded by a villain holding a knife, young scantily clad women in classical dress holding the strings for puppet caricatures of five men including a female impersonator, an older man, a man holding an American flag, and an Irish man; with a large bat, full moon, gothic sculptures, and waves hitting a rocky shore; the poster advertises the dramatic spectacle "Zozo, the Magic Queen." Probable date approximated by cataloger based on newspaper advertisements from 1887 and 1888 listing E.M. Gardiner as manager such as “E. M. Gardiner, Manager. Zozo, the Magic Queen...” ([Advertisement], New York Mirror, 9 July 1887, page 11) "The Courier Lith Co. Buffalo, N.Y."--text, bottom margin centered. "E.M. Gardiner / Manager"--text, top left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.44 x 53.02 cm (28 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Caricatures and cartoons Female impersonators--Pictorial works Historical dramas Irish Americans--Caricatures and cartoons Melodramas Musical entertainments 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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