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