Howard Star Company. : The American star comique, Gus. Williams.
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Call Number |
priJLC_ENT_001874 |
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Title |
Howard Star Company. : The American star comique, Gus. Williams. |
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Artist/Author |
Frizzell, S. S. (Samuel S.), 1843-1895 |
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Artist/Author 02 |
Dunshee, E. S. |
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Printer |
Boston Job Print |
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Printer Location |
Boston (Mass.) |
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Date |
approximately 1874 |
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Date Searchable |
1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879 |
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Physical Description |
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 59.53 x 50.32 cm (23 7/16 x 19 13/16 in.) |
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Object Type |
Posters, advertising |
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Description |
Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Gus Williams in formal dress. |
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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. |
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Local Subject Description |
Howard Star Company |
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Subjects |
Williams, Gus, 1847-1915 -- Portraits.
Actors -- Portraits.
Comedians -- Portraits.
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Form/Genre |
Lithographs -- 1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters -- American. (gmgpc) |
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Contributor 01 |
Last, Jay T. (donor) |
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Physical Collection |
Jay T. Last Collection |
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Physical Sub-Collection |
Entertainment |
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Physical Series |
Large Size |
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Physical Sub-Series |
Music and Theater |
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Digital Collection |
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library |
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Department |
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera |
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Finding Aid/Guide to Collection |
For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8z321cb/ |
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Digitization Specifications |
High resolution. |
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Rights |
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=588 . |
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Unique Digital Identifier |
449797 |
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