Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Commemorative Opera Scroll |
Catalog Number |
2004.11.07.la |
Description |
Commemorative Opera Scroll. Paper scroll with wooden rollers. Celebrating 25 years with opera. Gold edges on paper with brown rollers. Inscribed: Whether we have known you/One year or twenty-five,/We love the spirit in you/That has made our opera thrive//Your kindly, wise direction/We cannot but admire;/You've made, of each correction,/An occassion to inspire.//We hope you will direct here/For twenty-five years more;/And then teach the elect, there/Upon the other shore./[Signatures including R. Norton and A. Bimboni] |
Collection |
Chautauqua Institution Artifact Collection |
Search Terms |
Anniversaries Chautauqua Opera Association Commemoration Paper Scrolls (Visual works) |
Dimensions |
W-14 inches |
Material |
Paper |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Lexicon sub-category |
Written Communication T&E |
Object Name |
Paper |
Classification |
Social & Personal Activity |