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Chas. E. Evans with the Meteors as "D. Mucilage New" in the "book- agent" Tennyson
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks V6-0032 Theater Poster
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tennyson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Explosives.
- Musical revues & comedies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Local Subjects:
- Explosives.
- Musical revues & comedies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Provenance unknown.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : lithograph, color; 61.0 x 41.2 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- N.Y. : H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, [between 1882 and 1886]
- Biography/History:
- The Book Agent, a comedy by F. Dumont, was copyrighted in 1882 and was performed by the Meteors (Comprised of Niles, Evans, Bryant & Hoey). The Book Agent became The Parlor Match sometime before 1886.
- Summary:
- Full length, seated portrait of the book agent surrounded by explosives while images of explosions occur around him.
- Notes:
- Forms part of the Theater Poster Collection; for general information, see collection record.
- Letterpress paste-on reads: [National Theatre]
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