Pencil sketch of La Clavel [manuscript], 1922.

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Pencil sketch of La Clavel [manuscript], 1922.

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Shinn, art director for the movie based on Joseph Hergesheimer's book The Bright Shawl, sketched Dorothy Gish as La Clavel who wore "the bright shawl" in the film. The sketch was laid in a presentation copy of the book given by Hergesheimer to Shinn when they were on location in Havanna.

1 art original : pencil; 18 x 11 cm.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954

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Born February 15, 1880 in Philadelphia, Joseph Hergesheimer was the son of Joseph and Helen MacKellar Hergesheimer. He grew up in a stable, middle-class, suburban family. His father, a cartographer, worked for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. After studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Hergesheimer traveled to Europe on money inherited from his grandfather, studying and painting in Florence and Venice. By 1907, when he returned to the United States and married Dorothy He...

Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953

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Everett Shinn was an illustrator. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155903473 American illustrator and motion picture art director. From the description of Pencil sketch of La Clavel [manuscript], 1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844389 Everett Shinn was born November 7, 1876, in Woodstown, NJ, and died May 1, 1953. He became an illustrator, painter, an...

Gish, Dorothy

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Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1960's. From the description of Papers, 1920-1990. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 39285335 ...