David Lewis, Jr., Thomas Robb, Jr., and Frederick Brooke Nielson in Mr. and Mrs. Cleopatra

David Lewis, Jr., Thomas Robb, Jr., and Frederick Brooke Nielson in Mr. and Mrs. Cleopatra

Photograph

Gilbert & Bacon

Maker
Conrad M. Gilbert, American; William Frank Bacon, American, 1843–1900

David Lewis, Jr., Thomas Robb, Jr., and Frederick Brooke Nielson in Mr. and Mrs. Cleopatra

April 1892
Albumen silver print
Image: 5 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (14.3 × 10.5 cm)
Mount: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
Museum accession
1982.0859.0002
DescriptionGroup portrait of three men from the University of Pennsylvania's Mask and Wig Club production of Mr. and Mrs. Cleopatra, all in costume, one man in drag, against painted backdrop; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: Gilbert + Bacon G&B 1030 Chestnut St. \ AND 820 Arch St. \ Philada.
Inscribed in ink on verso, TC: Lewis, Robb and \ Neilson \ Mr + Mrs Cleopatra \ Mask and Wig \ U. of Penna \ April 1892
Printed on verso, C: [medals] \ Gilbert + Bacon \ [medals] \ 820 \ Arch \ St. \ 1030 \ Chestnut \ St.
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