Held by the enemy.
Call Number |
priJLC_ENT_000390 |
Title |
Held by the enemy. |
Printer |
Strobridge Lithographing Company |
Printer Location |
Cincinnati (Ohio) |
Printer Location 02 |
New York (N.Y.) |
Date |
approximately 188-? |
Date Searchable |
1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889 |
Physical Description |
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 70.49 x 42.86 cm (27 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.) |
Object Type |
Posters, advertising |
Description |
Image of a young woman holding curtains together while gesturing to an amputee with one arm to be quiet in a parlor, with an upper right vignette of the woman sitting on the floor before an armchair with a strewn pile of love letters before her; the poster advertises the Civil War historical drama "Held By the Enemy" written by William Gillette. |
Notes |
Probable date based on general show history; the play was first performed in 1886. "Strobridge / Lith Co Cinti / NY / London"--text, bottom left. "NY 1668"--text, top right. "'All from Mr. Bean'"--text, caption, top right. "'Don't! She'll Hear You!'"--text, caption bottom right. |
Subjects |
Actors -- Pictorial works. Actresses -- Pictorial works. Amputees -- Pictorial works. Courtship -- Pictorial works. Historical dramas. Love-letters -- Pictorial works. Melodramas. Theatrical productions. |
Form/Genre |
Lithographs -- Color -- 1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters -- American. (gmgpc) |
Language |
English [eng] |
Contributor 01 |
Last, Jay T. (donor) |
Physical Collection |
Jay T. Last Collection |
Physical Sub-Collection |
Entertainment |
Physical Series |
Large Size |
Physical Sub-Series |
Music and Theater |
Digital Collection |
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library |
Department |
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera |
Finding Aid/Guide to Collection |
For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z321cb/ |
Digitization Specifications |
High resolution. |
Restrictions |
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=588 . |
Unique Digital Identifier |
386225 |
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