Rentz Santley Novelty and Burlesque Co. : New spectacular march of all nations
Description
Image of six women in short dance costumes inspired by military uniforms of Great Britain, the United States, and presumably Ireland, and surrounded by flags; the poster advertises the burlesque and novelty show of the Rentz Santley Company.
Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of an unidentified blond woman framed in a heart border with a banner reading “Fun” and “Wit” and surrounded by seven playing cards with portraits of unidentified man and women depicted as the kings and queens of the deck, with a front banner held up by two naked cherubs with angel wings; the poster advertises the “British Blonde Burlesque Troupe.”
Image of a full-length portrait of burlesque performer and singer Rosa Lee in a pink and green dress, with fashion details including a bustle, fringe, and train, holding a bouquet of flowers and reading a letter.
Image of a caricature of a frightened fisherman in a marsh hooked on his own fishing line and trapped on a log between an alligator attacking from the left and a hippopotamus emerging from the water at right; the poster advertises pantomime spectacle "Superba" produced by the Hanlon Brothers.
Image of a central image of a carnival with four female performers dancing around the American actor Henry Dixey, dressed in historical costume as Adonis, with four head-and-shoulder portraits of the female dancers at top and a vignette portrait framed with flowers of a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a sad young woman with a red heart being chopped by an ax; the poster advertises the burlesque comedy "Adonis, the Statue" written by William Gill.
Image of female jockeys in burlesque outfits riding horses around an outdoor racetrack with the two leading riders waving flags that read "The Night Owls" and "The French Folly Co.", as older men in suits tip their hats to them from the grandstand; with a vignette of the head of an owl at upper left; the poster advertises the "Beauty Show" by the Night Owls Burlesque Company.
