[Man dresses as Roman with raised arm standing on steps above body of another man in Roman dress] – Antique Poster Print
![[Man dresses as Roman with raised arm standing on steps above body of another man in Roman dress], 1895 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a4a8d34e5416-L.webp)
(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 [Man dresses as Roman with raised arm standing on steps above body of another man in Roman dress] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Few 1895 theater posters show a figure in Roman dress standing on steps above a fallen man, one arm raised in a gesture that reads as either triumph or grief. The lithograph was printed in New York by H.A. Thomas and the Wylie Lithograph Company, whose shop on West 24th Street produced many show bills of the period. The title was devised by cataloguers rather than taken from the poster, and the lower right corner is missing. The classical costume and staged tableau reflect the late nineteenth-century American fondness for ancient Rome as theatrical subject matter, where spectacle and pictorial posing drew audiences.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph b&w ; 97 x 76 cm. |
| Notes | Created by H.A. Thomas & Wylie Lith. Co. 130-134 W. 24th St. N.Y. Title devised. Lower right corner missing. · Russell-Morgan Print. |
| Subjects | Romans--Clothing & dress. Dead persons. Hand raising. Theatrical productions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Performing Arts Posters |
| Original scan | 2,052 × 2,566 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-THR-273234 |
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