Artist: ANONYMOUS
Size: 29 1/2 x 39 1/8 in./75 x 99.5 cm
Condition: B+/ Slight tears at folds.
Printer: The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, NY & Lon.
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Key Words: Theater; Gail Chisholm Collection

8 Bells. 1891.
Reminiscent of John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the Shark" – and anticipating the penultimate moment of "Jaws" – a ship lost to a beast of the deep isn't the natural choice for a musical comedy. Yet this "nautical pantomimic comedy" appears to have successfully shipped across the Atlantic and docked at New York City's Union Square Theater in September 1891, launching the careers of the Bros. Byrne, who were performing selections from this routine as late as 1899. *

Provenance: Gail Chisholm Estate, NYC. Proceeds from the sale of this lot were donated to Planned Parenthood of New York.