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Blueprints of plan and backdrop details for stage set A, ca. 1906-1907

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1906-1907

Location Note

Vertical file 3: dr. 14: folder 6

GUSN

GUSN-252750

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Description

Blueprints of a stage plan and parts of backdrops for The Merchant of Venice at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston, Mass. One blueprint is of a wellhead and a gondola top. The other shows a structure with a ladder.

Details

Descriptive Terms

backdrops
sets (groups)
houses
gondolas (flat-bottomed watercraft)
wells (structures)
ladders
drawings (visual works)
architectural drawings (visual works)
plans (orthographic projections)

Physical Description

3 blueprints

Collection Code

AR003

Collection Name

Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

Reference Code

AR003.002.03.005a

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947 (Architect)

Material Type

drawings (visual works)
architectural drawings (visual works)
plans (orthographic projections)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 3: dr. 14: folder 6

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