Victorian Era Actors

Historic trade cards featuring actors in elaborate costumes from the 1880s, showcasing vintage styles and theatrical poses.

Portrait of Judith Sylvia, Dancer at the Opera. Numa Blanc & Cie. Portrait of Judith Sylvia, Dancer at the Opera. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.
Portrait of Judith Sylvia, Dancer at the Opera. Numa Blanc & Cie. Portrait of Judith Sylvia, Dancer at the Opera. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.
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Portrait of Hendrik Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz. .
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Card Number 329, Empire Group, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-5), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the fifth subset, N145-5. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 329, Empire Group, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes 647212
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Photograph of Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917) an English actor and theatre manager. Dated 19th Century
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Portrait of Count Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatiev (1797-1879) by Deniere, Andrei (Heinrich-Johann) (1820-1892)/Private Collection/1860s/Photochrom/Russia/Portrait
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Portrait of Touris, actor Portrait of Tourism, actor. Business card (front). Anonymous photography. Draw on aluminum paper, 1860-1890.
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'Ludovic Stuart, Second Duke of London', c16th century, (1904). Artist: Unknown.
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Portrait of Montaubry, tenor singer. Portrait of Montaubry, tenor singer. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Photograph of Andr� Adolphe DISDIER Eugene (Active of 1819-1889).
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Mr. George Rignold as 'King Henry V,' and Mlle. Berthe Giradin as 'Princess Katharine.' , Actors, Rignold, George Richard, 1839-1912, Stuart, Berthe, active 19th century, Carte de Visite Collection
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Portrait of Grand Duke Sergei Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg (1849-1877), Bergamasco, Charles (Karl) (1830-1896)
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Josef Köckeis, Fleischhauer at Makart Festival , Hermann Heid -, Photographer
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Portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange, 1850 - 1949 photograph Portrait of Willem III. His name and title are in the lower margin. Netherlandsprinter: Bradford photographic support
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Franz Smolka, MP for Lubaczów in Galicia,
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Portrait of Willem III, Prince of Orange. Portrait of Willem III. Name and title in the undermarge.
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H.H. The Begum of Bhopal, G.C.S.I; Bourne & Shepherd (English, founded 1863); London, England; 1877; Woodburytype; 19.2 x 12.2 cm (7 9,16 x 4 13,16 in.)
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Photograph of Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917) an English actor and theatre manager. Dated 19th Century
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Lucien Fugère (1848-1935) in Opera Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, Anonymous
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Portrait of Adrienne von Kraus-Osborne (1873-1951), United States singer of Austrian origin (in lace cress and lace-lined coat; from the waist up) - photograph with dedication to Aleksander Rajchman. Höffert, Wilhelm (1832-1903), photographer
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Card Number 166, Lily Dupree, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-2), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the second subset, N145-2. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 166, Lily Dupree, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. 1880s. Albumen photograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
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Portrait of Ramón Blanchart (1860-1930), Spanish singer (entire figure in stage costume) - photograph with dedication to Aleksander Rajchman. unknown, photographer
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Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova (1847-1922), Levitsky, Sergei Lvovich (1819-1898)
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) English actor-manager. Founder of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Here in about 1892 as the prince in the tragedy 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare. Photogravure.
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King Arthur; Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879); Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England; 1874; Albumen silver print
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Portrait of Alexander, Prince of the Netherlands, 1860 - 1863 print Portrait of Alexander in an oval. He is standing next to a chair in a departure. His name and title are in French in the lower margin. The Hague paper.
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King Arthur; Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879); Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England; September 1874; Albumen silver print
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Edwin Booth. Hamlet "To be or not to be, that is the question" - Edwin Booth in the character of Hamlet, circa 1870
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Portrait of Jean Bourbon (1875-1948), French money, in a stage costume from "Faust"; around 1910 (1900-00-00-1915-00-00);Bourbon, Jean (1875-1948), Bourbon, Jean (1875-1948)-iconography, Faust (lit.), Gounod, Charles (1818-1893). Faust, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915) - collection, actors, theater costumes, portraits, men's portraits, theater (artist)
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Albert Saléza (1867-1916) as Otello in Opera Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, Paris, Thétre national de l'Opéra, 12.10.1894, Anonymous
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Rama Iv. Mongkut, King of Siam (Thailand).
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'The Duke of York in robes of the House of Lords', 1920. Artist: Vandyk.
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Philipp II., King of Spain.
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William Crane in a Russian Costume of the 17th Century, from the set Actors and Actresses, First Series (N70) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888-89 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" First Series (N70), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1888-89 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes.. William Crane in a Russian Costume of the 17th Century, from the set Actors and Actresses, First Series (N70) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888-89. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree, (1853-1917), English actor-manager. Founder of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Here in about 1892 as the prince in the tragedy Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Photogravure
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William IV, count of Holland, Hainaut, Zeeland and Lord of Friesland.
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Laura Le Clair & Lottie Forbes
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Portret Van Paul Kruger, Plumb & Bradshaw, 1870 - 1904 photograph. cabinet photograph Pretoria cardboard. photographic support historical persons. president ~ head of republic
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Portrait of the Spanish opera singer Sebastián Julian Gayarre (Roncal 1844 - Madrid 1890) Spanish tenor of the 19th century, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
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Portrait of King Eduard VII of the United Kingdom, Anonymous, 1905 - 1906 photomechanical print This print is part of an album. paper collotype historical persons. king
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Photograph of Prince Albert (1865-1936) shown in full ceremony robes at the House of Lords. Dated 20th Century
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Delmas as "Mephisto"
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L´Impérice de Russie , The Russian Tsarin Maria Fjodorowna born Dagmar von Denmark L´ Illustration, Journal Universel, Henri Thiriat, Xylographer
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Photograph of Anton van Rooy (1870-1932) a Dutch bass-baritone and actor. Dated 19th Century
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Princess Yelizaveta Dimitrievna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, nee Nabokova (1877-1942), Eggler, Fritz (-1923)
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H. Gusoni as Postillon by Lonjumeau in the eponymous opera of Adolphe Adam. Photography (World postcard). Leipzig, around 1900
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Portrait of Lassouche Louis, (Lasouche Book), (1828-1915), (actor) Portrait of Louis Lassouche. (Lasouche book), (1828-1915), actor. Visit card. Between 1860 and 1890. Photography by Ulric Grob (Active from 1861).
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Clara Lemonnier, Actress in Dejazet Clara Lemonnier, actress in Dejazet ". Photography of Vaurie & Cie. Stereoscopic view on albuminum paper, 1850-1900.
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The Crown Prince. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Princes,Thailand,1890-1910.