Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Gus Williams in formal dress. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on 1874 newspaper article referencing Williams with the Company: “The Howard Star Company, under the management of the popular Gus Williams, with the Maffitt & Bartholomew pantomime troupe, which played the Opera House last evening, gave a first-class and very respectable entertainment in every respect.” (“The Star Company. A First-Class Entertainment,” Utica Daily Observer, 14 May 1874, page [3]). Boston Job Print."--text, bottom right of image. "E.S. Dunshee Photo. Boston."--text, bottom left of image. "S. S. Frizzell"--text, artist's signature in stone, lower right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 59.53 x 50.32 cm (23 7/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Williams, Gus, 1847-1915--Portraits Actors--Portraits Comedians--Portraits Howard Star Company 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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