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Search Terms actress
theater
monologue
humor-puns
urban vs. rural
New York- Hudson River
vaudeville
Bijou Theater
Subjects actress
Bijou Theater
Catalog Number 2005.008.004
Object Name Print, Photographic
Description It appears to be a photograph that was hand painted and since the last showing at the Bijou in 1916 the photograph has seemed to fallen into obscurity. The portrait is a still of a performance Grace Emmett gave, possibly in a "flicker" or a play. A plaque located at the bottom reads: "Grace Emmett at Mrs. Murphy". This photograph characterizes the play and the speech of Mrs. Grace Emmet as Mrs. Murphy. She is a red haired women with, aging looks drawstring lips and creases around the eyes. The manner of the photos' downward gaze has the deepened abiltiy to be carefree because it is a tableaux of something occuring in the moment. She dutifully relieves any offense that she is infact looking away from the viewer and not directly communicating as a likeness - a photographed personal link to the theatre. She is seated in a white wooden chair wearing a green dress with white stripes and frilly white lace cuffs and collar. At the bottom of the frame is a brass plaque with these words engraved: Grace Emmett as Mrs. Murphy.
The frame is wide wood with a design piece on the inside next to the glass.
Dimensions H-26.5 W-22.5 inches
Collection Archives - Photographs
People Emmett, Grace
Lexicon category 8: Communication Artifact
Lexicon sub-category Documentary Artifact
Donor Lawler, Jean
Notes Quarter Sawn oak frame
Catalog date 2005-07-07