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Closing scene in "The Tempest," at the Boston Theatre

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1855

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198350

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Description

This engraving shows the actors performing the closing scene of "The Tempest" at the Boston Theatre. There is an elaborate fountain prop in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scenes (depictions)
sets (groups)
plays (document genre)
actors
fountains
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR241a

Physical Description

1 news line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-20

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3500.003

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

8 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lawrence W. Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Champney, W. L. (Artist)
Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

fair

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

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