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Title
Van Osten & Day Concert Co. : Miss Inez Mecusker the favorite prima donna soprano
Creator
Shober & Carqueville, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
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 head-and-shoulder profile portrait of soprano opera singer Inez Mecusker wearing a formal dress, necklace, and earrings, in a circular frame with flowers.
Probable date based on general show history; newspaper advertisements featured Mecusker with the Van Osten & Day Concern Company, under the management of Charles Day in December 1890 (“Van Osten & Day Grand Concert Co. Charles E. Day, Manager … Miss Inez Mecusker … Miss Laura B. Phelps … Mr. Thomas D. Van Osten … Donald Franck …" ["Advertisement," Clinton Courier, 4 December 1890, page 1]). "Shober / Carqueville / Chicago / 1214"--text, lower right. "Chas. E. Day / Manager"--text, upper left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 71.76 x 54.29 cm (28 1/4 x 21 3/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000358
386776
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2515
Language
English
Subject
Mecusker, Inez, 1869-1941--Portraits
Concerts
Musical entertainments
Opera singers--Portraits
Singers--Portraits
Theatrical productions
Van Osten and Day Concert Company
Lithographs--1875-1900. (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
Relation
priJLC_ENT_000359 ; priJLC_ENT_000360 ; priJLC_ENT_000361 ; priJLC_ENT_000363

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