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Title	Merchant of Venice Set Design
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Immigration and Ethnic Heritage Set design drawings Theatrical productions
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	These two set designs were created for William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. The first design is a watercolor measuring 11.5 by 18 inches (29.21 by 45.72 cm) It depicts a piazza. A pencil sketch measuring 5.75 by 8.75 inches (14.61 by 22.23 cm) bears the notation "Set House M. of V." on the back. Armbruster (1839-1920) was born in Wurttemburg, Germany and studied art in his native country and Paris before immigrating to the United States. He arrived in Cincinnati and worked as an art-glass painter and theatrical designer. Armbruster enlisted in the 28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) at the outbreak of the Civil War and saw action at Bull Run and Antietam. After the war, Armbruster settled in Columbus, where he worked as a portrait painter and established the Armbruster Scenic Studio in 1875. During the late nineteenth century it was associated with a number of the most popular touring theatre companies in America among which were Al G. Field, Modjeska, Robert Mantell, and the Hanford-Tyler-MacLean companies. As specialists catering to the needs of traveling productions, the Armbruster studio became one of the largest scenic studios in America. Scenery designed by Armbruster was seen all over the United States, including New York City. These designs are part of a large collection of Armbruster material held by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio State University.
Creator	Armbruster, Mathias, 1839-1920
Date of Original	1880 - 1900 circa
Collection	Armbruster Scenic Studio Collection
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s) ARM.5.7
Submitting Institution	Ohio State University Theatre Research Institute
Type	StillImage; 1880;1900
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om254_942164_034
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om254_942164_034.tif
Image Height	1648
Image Width	2524
File Size	1341.857 KB

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