Groesbeck, Dan Sayre. Edna May Oliver as Juliet's nurse

Folger bibliographic ID: 258066
Folger call number: ART Box G874 no.1
Folger holdings ID: 341165

General notes

This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance Full figure portrait, to left with arms crossed in front. An urn is pictured on the floor to right of figure. Item is signed in pencil on bottom right hand margin and the artist's name is painted on the top left hand corner of the portrait. The actor's name is in pencil on the left side of the bottom margin. On 'Mission' illustration board Artist: Groesbeck is noted in Feilding as a painter and illustrator residing in San Francisco, entered under Grosbeck rather than Groesbeck. A scrapbook presented to the Folger with photographs of Groesbeck's work spells his name as it is entered here, as does the title page of a book he illustrated in 1908, Josheph Conrad's Point of honor History: Work is part of a series of theatrical portraits done by Groesbeck of characters in the same production. FSL has photographs of this portrait and the portraits of the other cast members in ART Flat b25 Subject: Edna May Oliver is pictured here in the character of Juliet's nurse for her performance in that role for the MGM film of Romeo and Juliet, released in 1936. The film was directed by George Cukor, produced by Irving Thalberg and starred Norma Shearer as Juliet and Leslie Howard as Romeo Provenance: Painting was given to the Library by Col. Charles E. Hammond on July 20, 1970. ac 204391. Item was formerly framed and listed in FSL painting file. It was removed from the frame and was part of the travelling exhibit Shakespeare, the Globe and the world. The portrait was reproduced in the catalog for the exhibit Also available as a digital reproduction

Extended title: Edna May Oliver as Juliet's nurse [Dan Groesbeck]

Actors Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Oliver, Edna May, 1883-1942

artist: Groesbeck, Dan Sayre, 1878-1950
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Oliver, Edna May, 1883-1942
former owner: Hammond, Charles E.