Secret service by Wm. Gillette. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This vintage poster of Secret service by Wm. Gillette. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Secret service by Wm. Gillette.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Royalty in the audience is the detail that sets this sheet apart from other theatrical posters of the period. Its record notes the Duke and Duchess of York at the Adelphi theater in London during the play's long run there. William Gillette's *Secret Service* is a Civil War drama about Union espionage in Richmond, Virginia, and the poster's military figures and pointing fingers reflect that story. The lithograph was printed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati and New York firm known for bold, colorful theatrical advertising in the 1890s.
| Created / published | Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 100 cm. |
| Genre | Duke & Duchess of York at the Adelphi Theatre during its great London run. N.Y.-no. 7737." |
| Notes | C248705 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Pointing fingers. Military personnel. Rulers--Great Britain. Theater audiences. Historical dramas. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,653 × 3,781 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220755 |
More from the Government & Politics collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[blank] enrolls for national service Members.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2caa736c7405-400.webp)
![For patriotic agricultural service--wanted at once, men and boys who have had actual farm experience [...]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/72/72546c1f858e-400.webp)
