B. Macauley as "Uncle Dan'l" Deputy Sheriff of Jarvis Section.
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted
content: Macauley, B.
label: maker
content: Thomas, Henry Atwell
notes: label: Description
content: This colored print is a bust portrait of B. Macauley wearing a brown fur cap, turned down collar, red cravat, and a brown jacket. A print poster advertising the performance describes B. Macauley as a popular character comedian. It lists the full title of the play as “A Messenger from Jarvis Section” and describes it as a New England comedy to be staged at Harper’s Opera House, Friday eve, April 7th. Other posters advertise performances of the play in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
label: Description
content: Bernard (Barney) Macauley (1837-1896) was a prominent actor who moved from Memphis, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky, where he established Macauley’s Theater in 1873. He sold the theater to his brother John in 1879. It would feature some of the most celebrated actors of the era, including Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, Edwin Booth, George M. Cohan, and Buffalo Bill. The theater later showed motion pictures and remained a landmark in Louisville until it was torn down in 1925.
label: Description
content: This lithograph was produced by Henry Atwell Thomas. Henry Atwell Thomas (1834-1904) was an artist, portrait painter, and lithographer especially well known for his theatrical portraits. His New York firm was called H. A. Thomas Lith. Studio until 1887, when it became H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithographic (sometimes cited as Lithography or Lithographing) Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Theater
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
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.60.3046
label: catalog number
content: 60.3046
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 20 in x 15 1/4 in; 50.8 cm x 38.735 cm