Joseph Jefferson.

Creator:

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) (author)

Contributor:

Webster & Albee, Publishers, (Rochester, United States) (publisher); Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905 (actor); Boucicault, Dion (1822-1890) (actor)

Date:

[1859..]

Description:

Portraits

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pje110_1_s

Subject:

Performance; Theater Biography; Caleb Plumen (character)

Resource Type:

Image

Form/Genre:

black-and-white photographs

Physical Description:

16.5 x 11.0 cm.

Geographic Subject:

United States -- New York -- Rochester

Rights:

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

Notes:

Plays: Dot; Cricket on the Hearth; Notes about Joseph Jefferson: Born in Philadelphia, son of an actor and scene-painter. In 1856 he joined Laura Keene's company in New York. His most famous role was Rip Van Winkle..; Webster & Albee, Publishers, Rochester, N. Y.; Verso (written): Jos Jefferson as "Caleb Plumen" in Dot. Jefferson actually excelled in this role in Dion Boucicault's "Dot," an adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Cricket on the Hearth."

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Je110.1 S, Small Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)