Image of four vignettes showing dramatic scenes featuring Czech actor Fanny Janauschek (or Francesca Janauschek) consisting of one with a woman lying on the floor after being shot by a man with a rifle as another man kidnaps a baby; an outdoor scene with women and men in Elizabethan historical costumes; and two parlor scenes including one where a woman points accusingly at a man who holds a candelabra menacingly; with the name "Janauschek" centered across the poster in twisted wood typeface and four quotes from newspapers about her acting abilities. Left and right margins trimmed on local copy; probable date approximated by cataloger. "H. Bencke, Lith. N.[Y.]"--text, bottom right margin. "'The / Greatest / of / Commediennes' / [?] N.Y. / Mail"--text, partially cut off, upper left. "'The / Greatest Living Actress' / (Phil. Times)"--text, top centered. "'At the Head / of the English Speaking / Classic Style' / (Balto. American)"--text, upper right. "'The Greatest / Living Tragedienne' / (Boston Traveller)"--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 47.31 x 59.69 cm (18 5/8 x 23 1/2 in.)
Janauschek, Francesca Romana Magdalena, 1830-1904--Pictorial works Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--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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