| Contributor |
Thomas, Henry Atwell, 1834-1904, printer. |
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Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company, engraver. |
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The Courier Lith. Co., printer. |
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Maerz Lith. Co, printer. |
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Reen Lith. Co., printer. |
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Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Title |
[Academy of Music trade cards] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1879-1882 |
| Date |
1879-1882 |
| Physical Description |
11 prints : 1 engraving, 10 chromolithographs ; 11 x 16 cm. (4.25 x 6.25 in.) and smaller. |
| Description |
Series of illustrated trade cards promoting performances and events at the Academy of Music. Illustrations depict men and
women dressed in costumes and dancing and celebrating Carnival, including a joker disembarking from a gondola; a little girl
sitting in a lily pad; fairies; angels; jokers; butterflies; flowers; bust portraits of unknown actors in the Humpty-Dumpty
show surrounding a vignette of a horse-drawn cart carrying "humpty-dumpty"; portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rial flanked by
dogs; and L.H. Stockwell as lawyer Marks and his trained donkey Jerry. The Academy of Music was designed by architects Napoleon
LeBrun and Gustav Runge. Building constructed 1855-1857 at the southwest corner of Broad and Locust Streets. Served as home
of Philadelphia Orchestra from 1900-2000.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Printers and engravers include Bailey, Banks & Biddle, The Courier Lith. Co., Reen Lith. Co., H.A. Thomas, and Maerz Lith.
Co.
|
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One of prints [1975.F.1] die cut in shape of keystone. |
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Several of the prints contain promotional text printed on the recto and/or verso. Performances and events promoted include
the Reception of the Bi-Centennial Mystic Tableau Association; Grand Cannstatter Carneval; Cannstatter Bal Masque; Maennerchor
Carneval Mardi Gras; the Fairy Juvenile Troupe's Little Red Riding Hood; German Comic Opera starring Mme. Marie Geistinger.;
Humpty-Dumpty (performance); and The Jay Rial Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.
|
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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One print [P.2011.45.24] gift of David Doret. |
|
Digitized. |
| Subject |
Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Geistinger, Marie, 1833-1903. |
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Hinton, Salle, Miss. |
|
Pugh, Thomas B. |
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Rial, Jay, d. 1920 -- Portraits. |
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Rial, Louise -- Portraits. |
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W.G. Fisher's Music Store (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Carnival. |
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Masquerades. |
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Men. |
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Women. |
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Actors. |
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Angels. |
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Butterflies. |
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Dance. |
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Dogs. |
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Donkeys. |
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Fairies. |
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Flowers. |
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Gondolas. |
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Gondoliers. |
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Water lilies. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Engravings -- 1870-1880. |
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Portraits -- 1870-1880. |
| Provenance |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Academy of Music [1975.F.1; 1975.F.5; 1975.F.7; 1975.F.11; 1975.F.17; 1975.F.20; 1975.F.23-24; 1975.F.26; 1975.F.738;
P.2011.45.24]
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| Accession number |
1975.F.1 |
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1975.F.5 |
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1975.F.7 |
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1975.F.11 |
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1975.F.17 |
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1975.F.20 |
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1975.F.23 |
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1975.F.24 |
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1975.F.26 |
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1975.F.738 |
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P.2011.45.24 |
