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Title: Aimee in the new English comedy "Mam’zelle."
Creator: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1879
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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-shoulders portrait of French opéra bouffe actor and singer Marie Aimée; with a date sheet for the December 8-9, [1884], show in Redmond's Grand Opera House in Grand Rapids, Michigan, pasted at the top of the image; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mam'zelle" written by George Jessop and William Gill.
Probable date based on month and day in date sheet and general show history; Mam'zelle was first performed in 1884 and Aimée died in 1887. "Forbes Co. Boston & N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Redmond's Grand Opera House, / Two Nights Only / Monday and Tuesday, / Dec. 8, 9"--text, top margin. "Aimee in the / New English Comedy / 'Mam'zelle.'"--text, bottom margin. "Harold A. Perris / Of Lake George / Antiques"--text, circle logo stamped in blue ink on verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 73.03 x 53.66 cm (28 3/4 x 21 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000267
386995
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2444
Language: English
Subject: Aimée, Marie, 1852-1887--Portraits
Actors--Portraits
Actresses--Pictorial works
Comedies
Opera singers--Portraits
Singers--Pictorial works
Theatrical productions
Grand Opera House
Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
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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