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Theatrical Portraits of Actresses

Charming portraits of 19th-century actresses in elegant gowns, often posed artistically to highlight their roles in theater, with vintage photography styles.

London, Downey, William & Daniel, Mr. Beerbohm Tree, Portrait of Herbert Beerbohm Tree, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, 57 & 61, Elbury Street, London., height 141 mm, width 95 mm, English, photographer, 1882 - 1892, paper, papier, Woodburytypie, clichémaker
London, Downey, William & Daniel, Mr. Beerbohm Tree, Portrait of Herbert Beerbohm Tree, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, 57 & 61, Elbury Street, London., height 141 mm, width 95 mm, English, photographer, 1882 - 1892, paper, papier, Woodburytypie, clichémaker
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Portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) at her home in Osborne, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, photograph by Alessandro Bassano, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIV, No 26, June 27, 1897.Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Tadzhichki: Sharafet-bibi | Library of CongressPierrot in pain ca. 1854-55 Nadar French. Pierrot in pain. Nadar (French, Paris 1820-1910 Paris). ca. 1854-55. Albumen silver print from glass negative. PhotographsPaul Kruger, 1825 - 1904. Fullname, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 1825 - 1904. 3rd President of the South African Republic.Lionel Tennyson, Freshwater 1869 Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India Cameron's adventurous, sophisticated, and headstrong personality led her to take up photography in her fifties, and she persuaded friends and family to pose, including many of the period's intellectual and artistic luminaries: the scientists Charles Darwin and Sir John Herschel, the painter George Frederick Watts, and the poets Robert Browning and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who just happened to be her neighbor on the Isle of Wight. Unlike many of her contemporaries, whose images exploited the medium's natural veracity and abundance of detail, Cameron tempered those qualities with an evocative, chiaroscuro style, as in this contemplative portrait of Tennyson's twelve-year-old son, Lionel.. Lionel Tennyson, Freshwater 268712Portrait of olive schreiner. .Kühn's mother. Heliogravure from Camera Work No. 33, 1911. Collection of JuhlSusan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were the two great leaders of the 19th century American Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights cause. Ca. 1891.Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Benda, Władysław Teodor (1873-1948), draughtsman, cartoonistANSELMI , GUISEPPE. CANTANTE LIRICO ITALIANO. 1876 - 1929. REPRODUCCION FOTO.Oscar Gustav Rejlander, Lionel Tennyson, c 1864 Lionel TennysonΉ Καπετάνισσα Στέφα - The heroine Stefa , Military personnel. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collectionc. 1880 A portrait of Helena Blavatsky, Russian occultist and co-founder of the Theosophical SocietyFrench 17th Century, Anne of Austria, 1601 1666, Wife of King Louis XIII of France 1615, 17th century Anne of Austria, 1601-1666, Wife of King Louis XIII of France 1615Honorable Josceline Amherst; Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville (Scottish,1835 - 1906); England; 1860s; Albumen silver printMrs. Tsuneko WatanabeElizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) with Susan B. Anthony (standing), circa 1900Annie. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)King George IV, seated in an armchair, holding a glove in his right hand. Mezzotint by J. Bromley after R. Bowyer, 1827.Portrait of Polar Explorer Roald Amundsen in Polar jacket, 1920Laura Dewey Bridgman was born in New Hampshire in 1829. At the age of two, she became ill with scarlet fever and lost her sight.Photograph of Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) Queen regent of Spain. Dated 19th CenturyOscar Wilde, 1854 - 1900. Irish poet and playwright. After a photogaph made in the early 1880's by American photographer Napoleon Sarony.Photograph of Kamala Nehru (1899-1936) a freedom fighter, wife of Jawaharlal Nehru. Dated 20th Century'H.M. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands', 1942. Creator: Unknown.01/01/1974. Agatha Christie at her desk in her home in Wallingford, Berkshire.Edith Louisa Cavell. Photograph."The Baroness Orczy. Died on November 12 1947, aged eighty. Playwright, novelist and creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel. She began writing in 1900, and her world-famous "The Scarlet Pimpernel" was published in 1905. Her works include 54 historical romances. She was married to Mr. Montague Barstow, who died in 1943." Date: c.1947