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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/32529 A very early example of
pictorial poster, although not a lithograph, dating from 1852.
The Britannia was a famous East End working-class theatre with
an identity and an audience of its very own. Aldridge, one of
the only black stars of the 19th century stage was actually born
in New York. Othello was his best known role, and he toured it
all over America and Europe. This poster dates from his farewell
season at the Britannia where he also played in The Padlock, The
Slave, Bertram, and Titus Andronicus just before Aldridge went
on his first Continental tour.