Miriam Hopkins for Virginia City, for Warner Brothers
Elmer Fryer, American, 1898 - 1944
1940
Black and white vintage print
Image: 13 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (33.1 × 21.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 8 7/16 in. (33.1 × 21.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: The John Kobal Foundation Collection; Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund
2019.57.4012
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Verso: Upper left corner, in black ink and graphite on white sticker, "JKF 4530" / Upper right corner, stamped in black ink, "Photograph by Elmer Fryer Warner Bros. License to reproduce with copyright notice granted newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals." / Left margin, in graphite, vertically, "Hopkins, Miriam" / Lower center, typed in black ink on tan paper, " Miriam Hopkins, start of Warner Bros. 'Virginia City', plays the role of a Confederate spy in the film, but she thinks Abraham Lincoln the greatest man in America's history. She posed for this photograph as a tribute to teh martyred president on his birthday, February 12. From: Warner Bros. Studio Burbank, California"
Provenance
John Kobal Foundation Limited, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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