Collection	Archives - Photographs
Description	It appears to be a photograph that was hand painted and since the last showing at the Bijou in 1916 the photograph has seemed to fallen into obscurity. The portrait is a still of a performance Grace Emmett gave, possibly in a "flicker" or a play. A plaque located at the bottom reads: "Grace Emmett at Mrs. Murphy". This photograph characterizes the play and the speech of Mrs. Grace Emmet as Mrs. Murphy. She is a red haired women with, aging looks drawstring lips and creases around the eyes. The manner of the photos' downward gaze has the deepened abiltiy to be carefree because it is a tableaux of something occuring in the moment. She dutifully relieves any offense that she is infact looking away from the viewer and not directly communicating as a likeness - a photographed personal link to the theatre. She is seated in a white wooden chair wearing a green dress with white stripes and frilly white lace cuffs and collar.
Dimension notes	Entire framed picture measures 22" x 26"
Object ID	2005.008.004
Object Name	print, photographic
People	Emmett, Grace
Search Terms	actress theater monologue humor-puns urban vs. rural New York- Hudson River vaudeville Bijou Theater
Studio	Siegel Cooper & Co. Chicago
Subjects	actress Bijou Theater
Title	Grace Emmett as Mrs. Murphy
Year Range from	1904
Year range to	1916

   
Last modified on: September 08, 2005