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[Woman in burlesque costume in front of rocky outcrops] – Historic Print

[Woman in burlesque costume in front of rocky outcrops], 1879 — vintage poster
[Woman in burlesque costume in front of rocky outcrops], 1879. Vintage poster from the New Orleans collection.

(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.)

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This rare vintage poster captures [Woman in burlesque costume in front of rocky outcrops] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The rocky outcrops behind the performer set this poster apart from the stage-bound theater bills in the collection. The 1879 lithograph was printed by the Metropolitan Litho. Studio at 29 Warren Street in New York, from a design signed by R. Muller, with J. E. Jackson listed as agent. Burlesque in this period meant a comic parody or travesty, often built around a showy, lightly dressed performer, so the costume and pose were meant to draw a crowd. The title was devised by cataloguers rather than printed on the original, so the scene is best read as a general description of the figure and setting.

Created / published1879
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 56 x 35 cm.
NotesK13237 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio 29 Warren St. N.Y. 1879. Title devised. Signed: R. Muller. J.E. Jackson agent. · Muller R. Jackson J. E.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Performing Arts Posters
Original scan1,835 × 2,817 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-THR-272403

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