Creator |
Gilbert & Bacon. |
Contributor |
Kimball, George P., former owner. |
Title |
Catalogue of theatrical and public celebrities [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by Gilbert & Bacon, 820 Arch St., and 40 N. 8th Street, agencies in New York, Boston, Chicago, St.
Louis, Paris, London, Berlin, and Lima, Peru
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Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1880 |
Date |
[ca. 1880] |
Physical Description |
1 album (54 photographic prints): albumen mounted on paper; album 19 x 14 cm. (7.25 x 5.5 in.) + 1 catalog. |
Description |
Trade catalog containing pages with rows of numbered vignette-size reproduced portrait photographs of female , male, and child
entertainers. Includes bust-length, half-length, and full-length portraiture, with one sitter often depicted in several differently
posed portraits. Sitters, predominantly women, are usually attired in costume and occasionally are posed as couples, or in
character and with props and ornate backdrops. Costumes and props include hats and head pieces; tights and shorts; nautical,
peasant, medieval and roman garb; umbrellas, fans and valises; chairs and hammocks; guns and swords; and instruments and animals.
Unique costumes and poses include Jeannie Winston as a devil with wings; Kate Forsyth depicted as a sculpted bust; and Lizzie
Harold sprawled on a floor.
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Sitters include French operatic soprano Marie Roze (1846-1926); American entertainer Lotta [Crabtree] (1847-1924); American
actress Annie Pixley (1858-1893); comic actors Charles E. Holland and Ben Maginley (d. 1888); actress and theater manager
Mrs. John Drew (i.e., Louisa Lane Drew); French magician Prof. Hermann, i.e., Alexander Hermann(1843-1896), author and actress
Lillian Chester; and characters from "Pinafore."
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Notes |
Accompanied by pocket-size, printed catalog with preface promoting Gilbert & Bacon's large stock of portrait views of the
"most artistic and prominent in their profession" in the sizes "Cabinets" and "Panels." Includes lists of sitters for 1692
"Cabinets" and 115 "Panels."
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Front endpaper inscribed: George P. Campbell, Continental Hotel, August 1880. Campbell, probably a Gilbert & Bacon agent,
resided at the hotel in the 1880s.
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Cloth binding, stamped "Scrap" on front cover and "Patented March 1876" on back cover. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Biographical / historical note |
Gilbert & Bacon, the portrait studio established by Philadelphia photographers Charles M. Gilbert (b. ca. 1848) and William
F. Bacon (ca. 1843-1900), operated ca. 1874-ca. 1929. The firm specialized in celebrity portraiture and photographed actors,
baseball players, and members of high society. Following the death of Bacon in 1900, the firm continued in business under
the management of Gilbert and Bacon's son Frank T. into the early 20th century.
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Subject |
Gilbert & Bacon -- Catalogs. |
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Actors. |
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Actresses. |
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Backdrops. |
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Celebrities. |
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Costumes. |
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Entertainers. |
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Magicians. |
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Movement (Acting). |
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Singers. |
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Studio props. |
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Theater and society. |
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Women -- Clothing & dress. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Trade catalogs -- 1870-1880. |
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Cloth bindings (Binding). |
Provenance |
Kimball, George P., former owner. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [P.8681.1 & 2] |
Accession number |
P.8681.1 |
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P.8681.2 |