Call Number	priJLC_ENT_001874
Title	Howard Star Company. : The American star comique, Gus. Williams.
Artist/Author	Frizzell, S. S. (Samuel S.), 1843-1895
Artist/Author 02	Dunshee, E. S.
Printer	Boston Job Print
Printer Location	Boston (Mass.)
Date	approximately 1874
Date Searchable	1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879
Physical Description	1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 59.53 x 50.32 cm (23 7/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Object Type	Posters, advertising
Description	Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Gus Williams in formal dress.
Notes	Probable date approximated by cataloger based on 1874 newspaper article referencing Williams with the Company: “The Howard Star Company, under the management of the popular Gus Williams, with the Maffitt & Bartholomew pantomime troupe, which played the Opera House last evening, gave a first-class and very respectable entertainment in every respect.” (“The Star Company. A First-Class Entertainment,” Utica Daily Observer, 14 May 1874, page [3]). Boston Job Print."--text, bottom right of image. "E.S. Dunshee Photo. Boston."--text, bottom left of image. "S. S. Frizzell"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower right of image.
Local Subject Description	Howard Star Company
Subjects	Williams, Gus, 1847-1915 -- Portraits. Actors -- Portraits. Comedians -- Portraits.
Form/Genre	Lithographs -- 1850-1875. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters -- American. (gmgpc)
Contributor 01	Last, Jay T. (donor)
Physical Collection	Jay T. Last Collection
Physical Sub-Collection	Entertainment
Physical Series	Large Size
Physical Sub-Series	Music and Theater
Digital Collection	The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Department	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera
Finding Aid/Guide to Collection	For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z321cb/
Digitization Specifications	High resolution.
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Unique Digital Identifier	449797