Chas. Erin Verner in Fred G. Maeder's great comedy drama, "Shamus O'Brien/ The Bold Boy of Glingall"
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name: label: depicted
content: Verner, Charles Erin
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content: Enquirer Show Print
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content: This colored print depicts a man pointing a gun at another man in a drawing room. Three men look on in horror, two of them dressed in the redcoats of British officers. The plot centers around Shamus, an Irish freedom fighter wanted by the British authorities. He comes out of hiding to confront a rival for the hand of his sweetheart. A silent film version of the 1865 play <i> Shamus O’Brien </i> was released in the United States in 1912.
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content: Charles Erin Verner was an Irish actor who appeared in the United States and New Zealand in the touring patriotic musical <i> Shamus O'Brien </i> from the 1880s into the early 1900s. This drama was written by Thomas B. Mcdonough and Fred G. Maeder (1840-91). Frederick G. Maeder was an actor and playwright born in New York. The son of composer James Maeder and actress Clara Fisher, he made his theatrical debut in Portland, Maine, in 1859, playing the role of Bernardo in <i> Hamlet </i>. Although admired as a comedian, Maeder became best known for writing plays, many conceived for specific performers or theater companies. In addition to Shamus O'Brien, first produced in 1865, his works included <i> Buffalo Bill </i>, <i> King of the Bordermen </i>, <i> On the Trail </i>, and <i> The Runaway Wife </i>.
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content: This lithograph was produced by the Enquirer Job Printing Company, a branch of the <i> Cincinnati Enquirer</i> newspaper in Cincinnati, Ohio. It specialized in circus and entertainment prints and was especially known for creating large billboards for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
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content: Architecture, Commercial Buildings
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content: Uniforms, Military
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content: Furnishings
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content: Theater
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3037
label: catalog number
content: 60.3037
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
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label: Measurements
content: image: 26 in x 17 in; 66.04 cm x 43.18 cm