Ca. 1880s. Lithograph by H.A. Thomas", published by "H.A. Thomas lith." Measures 19 x 21", framed in black plastic frame measuring 21 x 31", with contemporary card backing with hooks. Broadside captions: [Upper margin] "OPERA HOUSE/ UNIONTOWN./ONE NIGHT, WEDNESDAY/APRIL 6." [Lower margin] "MAGGIE MITCHELL", in gilt lettering. Features actress Mitchell attractively posed in winter scene with snow flakes. Broadside exhibits slight wrinkles from having been rolled. Else VG and extremely striking.

Margaret "Maggie" Mitchell was a Victorian-era American actress who in 1861 achieved national stardom in a play titled "Fancho the Crickett", a senetimental comedy adapted from a story by George Sand. In this role she was seen by luminaries such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Lincoln. Her career lasted into the 1890s, and, by the time of her death in 1918, Mitchell was a venerated figure in American theater circles.

Fine Victorian parlor piece.

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