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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
Klaw & Erlanger's A Japanese Nightingale, Strobridge Poster
A Japanese Nightingale (Klaw & Erlanger production), 1903
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A Strobridge & Co. colour lithograph of 1903 for Klaw & Erlanger's production of A Japanese Nightingale, adapted by William Young from Onoto Watanna's novel; 73 by 49 cm.
Why it matters
Strobridge printed for the stage as well as the circus; the record credits the producers, the novelist and the adapter.
What to notice
Three credits on one bill: producer, novelist, adapter.
A novel turned into a night out.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Printer / house
- Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- A Japanese Nightingale (Klaw & Erlanger production), 1903
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2014636743
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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