Produced by
H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, American, 1896 - 1935
Subject of
Wilkes, Mattie, American, 1875 - 1927
Walker, George "Nash", American, 1873 - 1911
Williams, Bert, American, 1874 - 1922
Williams and Walker Company, American, 1899 - 1909
Hurtig & Seamon, American
Date
1899-1905
Medium
ink on paper, glass, wood, metal
Dimensions
Framed: 37 5/8 × 22 5/8 × 1 1/16 in. (95.6 × 57.5 × 2.7 cm)
H x W (Poster (sight)): 27 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (70.5 × 52.1 cm)
H x W (Brown paper (sight)): 9 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (23.5 × 52.1 cm)
Description
A color poster featuring an illustration of the late 19th-early 20th century performer Mattie Wilkes. Wilkes is pictured in the center against a yellow background. She has a faint smile and is gazing off to one side. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder white, ruffled dress and small, white, round stud earrings and she has a pink flower in her hair. In blue, black and orange text across the top is [HURTIG & SEAMON PRESENT / WILLIAMS & WALKER / AND THEIR OWN BIG CO.]. Along the bottom of the depiction of Wilkes is written in black, grey, and yellow text [THE BEAUTIFUL / MATTIE WILKES / PHENOMENAL SOPRANO]. An addition on brown paper across the bottom of the poster is [HOLLIDAY ST. / THEATRE / WEEK COMMENCING / MON. MAT. NOV. 6 / MATINEES AS USUAL]. There is a small mark reading [The / H.C. Miner / Litho. Co. / N.Y.].
Place used
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
posters
Topic
Actors
Musical Theatre
Singers (Musicians)
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Stephen and Catherine Markardt
Object number
2013.137
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fe3fb68a-e52b-41eb-8cfc-c3837fb39872

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