This image depicts a theater performance announcement featuring a silhouetted figure. The drawing shows a female figure with arms outstretched, rendered in a stippling or spray paint effect in red transitioning into yellow. The background includes text related to a theatrical performance titled "NELL HORN," a drama in four acts and six tableaux, in prose. The text also includes the name of the theater, "Le Théâtre Libre," the performance season of 1891-1892, and a performance date of Monday, May 25, 1891. Various roles and characters associated with the play are listed with names and…
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Nell Horn

Alexandre Charpentier (French, 1856 - 1909)

1891

Medium
4-color lithograph with embossing (gaufrage) on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet: 24.2 x 18.4 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of The Atlas Foundation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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