Boston theater watercolors and printed materials, 1797-1886 and undated.

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Boston theater watercolors and printed materials, 1797-1886 and undated.

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Watercolors of Boston theatres, drawn by an unknown artist. Size of drawings vary; all are matted on 28 x 36 cm. paper board. Titles taken from manuscript annotations on mats. Some include clippings and playbills pasted on versos. Many of these images are actually copies of originals and probably were to be used for a book. Some, but not all, of the text and images can be found in the drama section of Justin Winsor's History of Boston... Many of these theaters no longer exist. Also includes black and white photomechanical prints of most of these watercolors. Includes the following Boston theaters: Bijou Theatre, Bland's Lyceum, Boston Adelphi Theatre, Boston Museum, Boston Theatre, Continental Theatre, Globe Theatre, Hay-Maket Theatre, Hollis Street Theatre, Howard Athenaeum, Leonard's National Theatre, National Theatre, Park Theatre, Tremont Theatre, Washington Theatre, and the Windsor Theatre.

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