Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Charles Boyle surrounded by seven full-length portraits of Boyle dressed in a military-style marching band leader's costume with a baton and music stand impersonating the American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa; the poster advertises the farce comedy "The Star-Boarder." Probable date approximated by cataloger based on newspaper advertisements for the show primarily between 1900 and 1903, including a 1901 article for that notes "Boyle has a Sousa specialty which is extravagantly funny." ("The Star Boarder," Le Mars Semi Weekly Post, 19 April 1901, page 4) "The / Enquirer / Job Printing Co. / Cin. O."--text, lower right. "That Funny Show"--text, top left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 105.73 x 71.44 cm (41 5/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Boyle, Charles, H Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 Actors--Portraits Celebrity impersonators--Pictorial works Comedians--Portraits Comedies Conductors (Music)--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Vaudeville Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (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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