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Paul Robeson as Othello.
1944
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 58/GC131/Box 50/Normal/20th c./American/Artist Van Vechten, Carl GA 2017.00203
- Publisher
- 1944/06/01.
- People
-
- Author
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976—Portraits
- Actors—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Singers—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Musicians—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—20th century
- African Americans—20th century—Portraits
- Black people—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Characters—Othello—In art
- McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, N.J.)—History—20th century—In art
- Theater—New Jersey—Princeton—History—20th century—In art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Paul Robeson as Othello.
- Call Number
- D North 58/GC131/Box 50/Normal/20th c./American/Artist Van Vechten, Carl GA 2017.00203
- Identifier
- https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2016/08/31/princetons-paul-robeson/
- Publisher
- 1944/06/01.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1944
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 25.3 x 18 cm.
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Gelatin silver prints
- Depiction: Full--length portrait of Robeson wearing costume, standing in front of curtain.
- Inscribed in ink, verso: "Paul Robeson as Othello / AA VIII-5 / June 1, 1944".
- Markings, verso: Stamped "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
- Signed in imprint, lower right: "Photograph by / Carl Van Vechten".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976—Portraits
- Actors—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Singers—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Musicians—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Portraits, American—20th century
- African Americans—20th century—Portraits
- Black people—United States—20th century—Portraits
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Characters—Othello—In art
- McCarter Theatre Center (Princeton, N.J.)—History—20th century—In art
- Theater—New Jersey—Princeton—History—20th century—In art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- Holding location
- {@id=https://bibdata.princeton.edu/locations/delivery_locations/13}
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d249f264-9af2-4f8f-8f59-ab12770ee138/manifest