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Title: Stephen Massett (Jeems Pipes of Pipesville.)
Creator: Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896, artist
Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895, artist
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a three-quarter-length portrait of musical entertainer Stephen Massett (known as Jeems Pipes of Pipesville) in formal dress with his hand on a table next to a curtain; the portrait is signed by Massett with a handwritten inscription to Dr. Robert Shelton Mackenzie.
Single-color print. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Sarony, Major & Knapp operated as a partnership from 1857 until 1863. "Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp 449 Broadway. N.Y."--text, lower left margin. "From Photography by Gurney."--text, lower right margin. "Sarony"--text, artist's signature on stone. "Dr. R. Shelton MacKenzie / With the kind regards of / Jeems Pipes of Pipesville"--text, handwritten inscription, lower left. "S[?] Massett"--text handwritten signature, lower right.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 53.66 x 44.45 cm (21 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_002512
413319
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1819
Language: English
Subject: Massett, Stephen C.--Portraits
Composers--Portraits
Singers--Portraits
Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Music and Theater
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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