Shadow puppet collection, circa 1820

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Unknown
Date:
circa 1820
Extent:
1 folder(s)
Language:
Dutch; Flemish
Preferred citation:

[item, box, folder] Shadow puppet collection, ms4421, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Four paper packets with thirty-six paper cutout figures. Figures include chess players, musicians, a school master, pupils, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, women having tea, a noble family, Queen Elizabeth I, the prophet Muhammad, Diogenes, Homer, Minerva, the Apostles Paul and Peter, King Francis I of France, and generic figures. A handwritten list is included in each packet.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Shadow puppets
Shadow shows

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

[item, box, folder] Shadow puppet collection, ms4421, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.