Image of a full-length portrait of the American actor Kitty Blanchard (Mrs. McKee Rankin) holding her hands up while performing in costume as the character Carrots, with red hair and a torn blue apron; the poster advertises the Western melodrama "49" (or "Forty-Nine"). Margins and title trimmed on local copy; probable date based on year the play was first performed. "Forbes Co. Boston"--text, bottom right margin. "Carrots"--text, top right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 46.51 x 37.47 cm (18 5/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Blanchard, Kitty, 1847-1911--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Poor--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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