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Peck's Bad Boy Advertisement Poster for Atkinson's Comedy Co.

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Peck's Bad Boy Advertisement Poster for Atkinson's Comedy Co.
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19 ½" x 27". Circa 1880s. Advertisement poster for an Atkinson's Comedy Co. production of a play adapted from George W. Peck's popular series of humorous novels titled "Peck's Bad Boy." George Peck wrote a series of stories about Hennery who subsequently became known as Peck's Bad Boy, whose outlandish pranks and the various bits of insulting behavior became immensely popular leading to the publication of a number of books beginning in 1883. Printed by Forbes Co., Boston. Some restoration and color retouching. On linen.