The Distinguished Society Star. Henrietta Chanfrau.
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted
content: Chanfrau, Henrietta
label: maker
content: Ledger Job Print
notes: label: Description
content: .This black and white print is a bust portrait of Henrietta Chanfrau. She wears a high-necked dress and a chain with a cross and drop earrings. The caption at the top of the print reads “Grand Opera House / Monday and Tuesday, March 3d and 4th / Matinee, Tuesday, 2 P. M. Monday “Parted” / Tuesday “The Woman of the People” / Matinee “Aurora Floyd.”
label: Description
content: Henrietta Chanfrau (1837-1909) was an American actress, who was born Jeanette Davis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before her marriage to actor Frank Chanfrau (1824-1884), she used the stage name Henrietta Baker. She made her debut in Philadelphia as a vocalist in 1854 and went on to appear in dramatic roles in New York City; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; and other cities. After giving up her stage career, she purchased the <i> Long Branch News </i> and became active in the Christian Science religious movement. An early member of the church, she worked as an assistant to Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy. Henrietta Chanfau wrote a memoir titled <i> Reminiscences of Mary Baker Eddy</i>.
label: Description
content: This lithograph was produced by Ledger Job Printing Office, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This firm comprised the printing division, including lithography, of the "Philadelphia Public Ledger" owned by George W. Childs. By 1863, the division printed playbills before managed by Joseph E. Jackson from 1869 to 1876, when it became a major printer of stock theatrical posters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Theater
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Advertising
label: See more items in
content: Art
label: See more items in
content: Peters Prints
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3042
label: catalog number
content: 60.3042
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 15 in x 14 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 36.83 cm