Harvard Theatre Collection of theatrical portrait prints (visual works) of women
Overview
Contains theatrical portrait prints collected by the Harvard Theatre Collection.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1700-1900
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
25 linear feet (48 boxes)Contains theatrical portrait prints collected by the Harvard Theatre Collection, dating back to the beginning of the eighteenth century and continuing through the nineteenth. The series was closed in 2010.
Biographical / Historical
Prints (visual works) are pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes.
Arrangement
Arranged by name of subject of image.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Various sources, various dates.
Processing Information
Processed by Zehra Iman, with assistance from Max Goldberg.
Source
- Harvard Theatre Collection (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard Theatre Collection, collector. Harvard Theatre Collection of theatrical portrait prints (visual works) of men, circa 1700-1900 (TCS 45): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 29, 2023
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03622
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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