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Fanny Kemble as Julia, in the Hunchback
Albert Newsam (American, 1809–1864)
After: Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
Published by: Childs & Inman (active about 1830 – 1833)
After: Thomas Sully (American (born in England), 1783–1872)
Published by: Childs & Inman (active about 1830 – 1833)
1833
Place of Creation: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of Louis Prang
Accession NumberM5769
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThis lithograph shows the English actress Fanny Kemble playing Julia in James Sheridan Knowles’s play The Hunchback. It reproduces a painting by Thomas Sully now held by the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia (Rosenbach accession number 1954.1930).
InscriptionsIn stone, below image: Painted from recollection by T. Sully. Childs & Inman Lith[og]r[pher]s Philadelphia / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1833 by Childs & Inman in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
ProvenanceLouis Prang, Boston, MA; 1888, given by Louis Prang to the MFA. (Accession date: September 26, 1888)