Image of a scene in a formal parlor with actor Charles L. Davis, playing the part of country bumpkin farmer Alvin Joslin, wrestling a man in formal suit for a gun, while a woman in a ball gown ducks away in fear, with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Davis in top left corner; the poster advertises the musical comedy "One of the Old Stock" by Davis. "Copyrighted 1888 by Chas. L. Davis"--text, lower center. "Uncle Alvin - 'Robbers Never Show mercy.' 'Should Mercy Be Shown Them?'"--text, lower center. "Act. 3rd"--text, lower right. "A / $50.000 / Production"--text, bottom right. "The / MacBriar / Lith. Co. / Cin'ti"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 101.6 x 76.84 cm (40 x 30 1/4 in.)
Davis, Charles L., 1849-1900--Portraits Actors--Portraits Comedies Gunfights--Pictorial works Shooting--Pictorial works Rural-urban migration--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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