Mrs. Bowers
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: Thomas, Henry Atwell
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white print is a bust portrait of the actress Mrs. Bowers. She has fair skin and dark hair with a center part and her hair pulled back above the ears.
label: Description
content: Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830-95) was born in Stamford, Connecticut. She made her debut under her maiden name at the Park Theatre in New York City in 1846, playing Amanthis in <i> The Child of Nature</i>. The following year she married David P. Bowers and moved with him to Philadelphia where they joined the Walnut Street Theatre Company. Her notable roles included Julia in <i> The Hunchback </i>and Pauline in <i> The Lady of Lyons</i>. After her husband's death, she managed the Walnut Street Theatre until 1859. She also toured as a performer in the United States and England and became known for portraying such characters as Juliet in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> and Lady Macbeth in <i> Macbeth</i>. She tended to play supporting roles in her later years, often appearing as royal figures such as Queen Gertrude in <i> Hamlet</i>.
label: Description
content: This lithograph was produced by Henry Atwell Thomas. Henry Atwell Thomas (1834-1904) was an artist and lithographer especially well known for his theatrical portraits. His New York firm was called H. A. Thomas Lith. Studio until 1887, when it became H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithography Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Theater
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Prints
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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.60.3047
label: catalog number
content: 60.3047
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: 17 1/4 in x 14 in; 43.815 cm x 35.56 cm