Miss Laura Keene as Portia.
- Description
- Play in Progress
- Creator
- Johnson Fry & Company, (New York, United States) (publisher)
- Keene, Laura, 1826-1873 (actor)
- Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 (engraver)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)
- Form
- engravings (prints)
- Date
- 1859
- Subject
- Theater Biography
- Portia (Merchant of Venice) (character)
- Collection
- Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 38.5 x 28.0 cm.
- Notes
- Play: The Merchant of Venice
- Notes about Laura Keene: Born in England, Keene reached stardom as leading lady at Wallack's Theatre in New York. After acting and managing in San Francisco, she returned as the first important woman manager in New York City at her own theatre (1856)
- Notes about John Chester Buttre: American engraver.
- Johnson, Fry & Co.
- Engraved by J. C. Buttre.
- Appears as a plate in: The complete works of Shakespeare, from the original text. New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, [1859?].
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Ke300.2 ML, Large Box
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Still Image
- Identifier
- (FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pke300_2_ml
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