Marietta Zanfretta, the Wonderful Danseuse, at the Boston Theatre

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1858

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

GUSN

GUSN-198294

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Description

Shows Marietta Zanfretta dancing on her tight-rope on stage at the Boston Theatre. An orchestra plays in the pit below the stage.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dancers
stages (performance spaces)
orchestras (ensembles)
line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection number PR236

Physical Descrption

1 newspaper line engraving

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1922-02-23

Reference Code

GC002.01.MA.3500.009

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

10 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lawrence Jenkins, 1922

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907 (Artist)
Ballou's Pictorial (Publisher)

Material Type

line engravings (prints)
prints (visual works)

Restrictions

Poor

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Prints: Boston, Ma.: Boston Theatre, Washington St.

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