Rices beautiful Evangeline – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Rices beautiful Evangeline, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Rices beautiful Evangeline
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Lithographer Strobridge & Co. printed this 1896 poster for *Rice's Beautiful Evangeline*, a musical burlesque staged by producer Edward E. Rice, who took his story loosely from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 poem about two lovers separated during the expulsion of the Acadians. The sheet's caption names a figure called "Catherine," and the catalog subject headings point to women's clothing, so the costumes were clearly part of the appeal. Late nineteenth-century theater posters like this one were built to catch the eye from street corners, and their bright color and fashionable dress show how producers marketed spectacle to the public.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co Cincinnati - New York. Caption: Catherine. No. 7081. · Rice Edward E. (Edward Everett) 1848-1924. |
| Subjects | Women--Clothing & dress. Musical revues & comedies. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,074 × 3,072 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-272971 |
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