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| Title | Felicita Vestvali in the role of Orsini from a production of the opera LUCREZIA BORGIA |
| Photographer | Jeremiah Gurney & Son |
| Date | 1863 |
| Notes | Collection of studio portraits of entertainers, actors and actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid-1800s.
Opera singer, opera company manager
b. February 23, 1839, Poland
d. after 1870
Caption on mount: Vestvali as Orsini -- Lucretia Borgia. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by J. Gurney & Son, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. for the So. Dist. of N.Y. Gurney & Son, Photo, N.Y.
Stamped on verso of image: J. Gurney & Son, Photographic Artists, 707 Broadway, N.Y.
PH Coll 75.554 |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Opera singers
Costumes
Stage props
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Vestfali, Felicja, d. 1880
Women in the theater--United States
Theater--United States--History--19th century
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| Digital Collection | 19th Century Actors and Theater Photographs
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| Order Number | ACT559 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info . Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | UW27992z |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | 19th Century Actors Carte-de-visite Collection. PH Coll 75
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| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid please see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/19thCenturyActorsPHColl75.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Mounted on cardboard: silver gelatin, b&w : 2.5 x 4 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003 |
