Title:
[Actor James Stark.]
Abstract:
Half length seated portrait. clean shaven, wearing blue cravat and gold watch chain with one hand held inside his waistcoat.
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Subject:
Men
Young adults
Pioneers -- California
Actors
Type:
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 9.9 x 6.5 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Plate mark (blind-stamped, bottom, LL): [flat floret]. Accompanying
note (handwritten, modern): James Stark, famous early tragedian appeared at the Jenny Lind Theatre in S[an] F[rancisco] in
1850 with Mrs. Kirby (^ his wife) and made his appearance nearly every year in S[an] F[rancisco] during sixties. He was very
versatile, and gave the first presentations in S[an] F[rancisco] of many roles, including Brutus, King Lear, Falstaff, Shylock,
Hamlet and Richelieu. Additional accompanying note (typed): Fine Daguerreotype of James Stark, tragedian, who built first
theatre in San Jose [Calif.].;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver.
Plate: blue cravat, white shirt, and gold watch chain slightly hand colored. Mat: rectangular (double elliptical). Preserver:
textured.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - A Spray of Roses (Rinhart no. 131). Material:
leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.5 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed lyre motif. Notes: spine label - 386 (from prior
owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:056--CASE
Filename:
brk00040041_8a.tif
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