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William Faversham – Historic Reproduction

William Faversham, [1922] — historic print
William Faversham, [1922]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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William Faversham comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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William Faversham

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Alfred Frueh's color linocut of William Faversham, the stage actor, appears as plate 5 in *Stage Folk*, a 1922 book of theatrical caricatures published in New York by Lieber & Lewis. Faversham (1868-1940) was a leading man on the American stage for decades, and Frueh's exaggerated features capture the polished, self-assured manner that made him a familiar name to theatergoers. The book's pairing of drawings with a cast-of-characters contents page reflects its aim of presenting performers as types as much as individuals. Linocut was a bold, simplified medium, and the print's flat areas of color show how caricature of the period borrowed from printmaking to make a face instantly recognizable.

Created / published[1922]
Medium1 print : linocut, color ; 33.5 x 19.8 cm. (sheet)
Genre[plate 5]."
NotesTitle transcribed from Cast of Characters" contents page. Forms part of: The Alfred Bendiner Memorial Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Stage Folk: A book of caricatures by Frueh. New York : Lieber & Lewis
SubjectsFaversham, William,--1868-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,771 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221108

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