George L. Fox as Hamlet (Burlesque)

Creator:

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) (author)

Contributor:

Fox, George L. (1825-1877) (actor); Gurney, J. (photographer); Chominski, T. V (artist); Grimaldi, Joe (1778-1837) (actor); Chaplin, Charlie (1889-1977) (actor)

Date:

[1869..]

Description:

Portraits

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pfo790_1_s

Subject:

Movie (Silent); Performance; Theater Biography; Hamlet (character)

Resource Type:

Image

Form/Genre:

photomechanical prints

Physical Description:

16.5 x 8.5 cm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Play: Hamlet; Notes about George L. Fox: Famous American clown; introduced violent slapstick to American theater.; Notes about J. Gurney: Noted photographer of late nineteenth-century New York life.; Notes about T. V. Chominski: Illustrator for literary and theatrical magazines.; Notes about Joe Grimaldi: Great English pantomime.; Notes about Charlie Chaplin: British comedian and silent film actor.; Drawn by T. V. Chominski, after a photograph by Gurney.; From the collection of Evert Jansen Wendell.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Fo790.1 S, Small Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)