"The vaudeville theatre". Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Humorous drawing shows vaudeville performers backstage applying makeup and stretching. One man stretches a leg high in the air while grasping hooks on a coat rack. Another walks on his hands with his legs twisted behind his back and over his head. This sketch appears in reverse of the recto drawing.
Preparatory sketch, in reverse, for the one published in "The Vaudeville Theatre" by Edwin Milton Loyle, Scribner's magazine, 26:492 (Oct. 1899).
Gift; Charles Scribner & Sons; (DLC/PP-1932:0030.2).
Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Tags
Date
01/01/1899
Contributors
Glackens, William J., 1870-1938, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Cabinet of American Illustration," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/111_cai.html