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Vintage Theatrical Portraits

Historical portraits of actresses from the late 19th to early 20th century, featuring ornate attire and classic styles, conveying a sense of elegance and nostalgia.

April 15, 1922 - Ziegfeld Follies girl Kay Laurell

Evelyn Brent (1899-1975) American actress of stage and screen Date: August 1928

Mlle. Ruhende, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Mlle. Ruhende, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 657056

UK, Torquay, Studio shot of Anna Orr in ""Very Good Eddie"" at Princess Theatre

Photograph shows society beauty Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877-1964) as a young woman, New York, NY, circa 1900.

Lidia', a vintage French postcard, c1900. The artist is unknown.

Augusta Doria, contralto (b. Boston)

1921 -Mary Pickford, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left

Miss Lola.

Jane Noria

Portrait of Katherine Agnew MacDonald, 1923

Lina Cavalieri

SIGRID ARNOLDSON ALS MIGNON

Vola Vale, Silent Film Actress, Publicity Portrait by Evans L.A., 1920's

Eva from the east as Tamara

Portrait of a woman, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Photograph of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) at Glamis Castle. Dated 20th Century

Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter, American actress, 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud

Olga Brandon (b1865) Australian-born actress. Created the role of Vashti Dethic in the play 'Judah' by Henry Arthur Jones at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1890. From 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery' (London, 1890-1894). Woodburytype after photograph by W & D Downey.

ASTA NIELSEN. 1925.

Pola Negri (1897-1987) Polish film actress who achieved notoriety as a femme fatale in silent films in the first half of the 20th century. Date: September 1928

Mlle Polaire. Paul Nadar (French, 1856 - 1939)

Camera Work: Lady in Black, 1912. David Octavius Hill (British, 1802-1870), and Robert Adamson (British, 1821-1848). Photogravure;

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890-1958), Photo studio Jaeger

Madrid, November 1931. Celia Gámez dressed for the Canarian song number of the show "Las Leandras", by maestro Alonso, premiered at the Teatro Pavón on November 12, 1931.

Lulu Glaser, Portrait still image. Postcards. 1902 - 1903. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Elisa Stünzner as a senta

Maud Allan (1880 - 1956), Actress and dancer, as Salome

MARGARITA XIRGU (1888-1969) ACTRIZ ESPANOLA - LORCA ESCRIBIO PARA ELLA LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA.

Norma Talmadge, 1930. Creator: Unknown.

The extremely long dark hair of Miss Margaret Mayer of the Ziegfeld Follies. Date: 1927

Norma Talmadge (1893-1957), American actress, 1928.Artist: WD & HO Wills

Elsevier photo collection. Actress Antoinette Gerritse "De Roos van Stamboje". 1920

Jeanne 1917 Morton Schamberg American. Jeanne 261026

Helen Stewart

Elizabeth Parkina soprano

Miss Sakur. State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history, acquired 1972

Roller picture Eva from the East (as Rose Friquet)

Alleged spirit photograph of 'Rosalie' the little girl whose materialisation at a seance in Brockley, south London, was attested to by Harry Price Date: 15 December 1937

Portraits of Lady Anne Cavendish (1909-1995), photographs by Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976) from The Tatler, No 1392, February 29, 1928, London.

Stanislawa Korwin-Szymanowska, Anonymous

Portrait of Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Lourens Alma Tadema, c. 1871 print Most likely a portrait of the second wife of the artist Laura Theresa-Alma Tadema Epps. . historical persons - BB - woman. portrait, self-portrait of artist

Julia Opp in A Royal Rival, from the Actresses series (T1), distributed by the American Tobacco Co. to promote Turkish Trophies Cigarettes 1900 Reproduction of painting by Frederick Moladore Spiegle Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (T1), published in 1900 by the American Tobacco Company to promote Turkish Trophy Cigarettes. Twenty-five card set reproduced from original paintings by artist F.M. Spiegle.. Julia Opp in A Royal Rival, from the Actresses series (T1), distributed by the American Tobacco Co. to promote Turkish Trophies Cigarettes 422880

"And Enid Sang". Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)

Publicity photograph of Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Leah ca. 1892.

Tatler front cover featuring American actress, talk show host and bonne vivante, Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968). Pictured at the time she had been selected to play Iris Storm, the lead role in the dramatised version of The Green Hat, based on the sensational novel of the period by Michael Arlen. Date: 1925

Portrait of Mary Boyer, singer (entire figure) - photograph with dedication to Aleksander Rajchman from November 1910. Ermini, Adolfo (fl. ca 1910), photographer

American stage and silent film actress Edna Wallace Hopper (1872-1959). photographed circa 1910

Elisa Stünzner in "the Conqueror" by Jan Brandts-Buys (Hir H. Kutzschbach, Staging G. Gbarer). Photography (World postcard). Royal Hofoper Dresden, World premiere 14.1.1918

Revista de cine Información Cinematográfica, número 142, Barcelona, septiembre de 1935. Fotografía en portada de Raquel Rodrigo (La Habana, 1915-Madrid, 2004), actriz española.

Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)

Madge Bellamy (1899-1990), American film star, 1928.Artist: WD & HO Wills

Wilma Rudd. Portraits, Photographs. 1930. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Models (Persons), Fashion models

Portrait of Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952), photograph by Guigoni and Bossi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXV, No 46, November 13, 1898.

Bliżej Kultury Publisher by Rich. Bong in Berlin, Constant, Benjamin (1767 1830)

Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976) German soprano, here photographed in the part she created as the title role in Richard Strauss's Die agyptische Helena Date: November 1928

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and accused spy who was executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I.

Vivian Martin, June 11 1920

Gertrude Lewis, 1900. After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898). Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company

Portrait of Mien Sternheim Smits. .

Anonymous (English miniaturist). Portrait of John Colet

Vintage Etching Drawing of actress Billie Burke by Walter Tittle published in Photoplay magazine 1921

Müller, Sophie.

Fanny Davenport ca 1881.

Portrait of Lillian Gish. Vintage Photoplay Magazine photograph portrait of the movie actress, circa 1915

Lina Prokofiev (1897-1989), Anonymous

Miss Rose Cambry - Comedienne - and stage actress Date: circa 1910

Natalia Androsova (Princess Natalia Alexandrovna Romanovskaya-Iskander), Anonymous

Postcard of Glamorous Woman. ca. 1928, Postcard of Glamorous Woman

Portrait of Martha Leffler-Burckhardt (1865-1954), "German forests, in the role of Isolde; Rumbler, S. (Fl. Ca 1905); around 1905 (1900-00-00-1910-00-00);Leffler-Burckhardt, Martha (1865-1954), Leffler-Burckhardt, Martha (1865-1954)-iconography, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915)-collection, Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Tristan and Isolde, actors, theater costumes, portraits, women's portraits, theater (artist), singers

Portrait of Martha Leffler-Burckhardt (1865-1954), German singer, as Isolde. Rumbler, S. (fl. ca 1905), photographer

Five the eight bridesmaids at the Royal Wedding between Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923. Clockwise from left; Lady Mary Thynne, daughter of the Marquess of Bath, Miss Betty Cator, Lady Mary Cambridge, elder daughter of the Marquess of Cambridge, Lady Katherine Hamilton, youngest daughter of the Duke of Abercorn and middle, the Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone. Date: 1923

Coloured photo of Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 - August 12, 2000) an American actress. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953.

Anna Fougez (1894 - 1966), Italian actress and singer. Date: early 20th century

Actress Marie Prevost, Motion Picture Magazine Cover by Emil Flohri, October 1922

Laura la Plante (1904-1996), American actress, 1928.Artist: WD & HO Wills

Franz Völker as Siegmund in opera Die Walküre by Richard Wagner, Bayreuth, Anonymous

Mrs Brown Potter, American actress, c1902.Artist: Window & Grove

'Major H.O.D. Segrave', c1925. Artist: Unknown.

12/31/1919. One of the last photos of Marga Gil (who fell in love with Juan Ramón Jiménez and committed suicide at the age of 22).

Theresa Vaughn, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 7/16 in. (6.4 × 3.7 cm). Publisher: Issued by Kinney Brothers (American). Date: 1890.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Raquel Meller. Francisca Márqués López (1888-1962). Cantante, cupletista y actriz española. Años 1920.

Theresa Vaughn, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Theresa Vaughn, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1890. Albumen photograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

A young girl from Biskra in Southern Algeria. Date: 1902

Madrid, April 1974. Estrellita Castro in her Madrid home on Silva Street.

ELEONORA DUSE Italian actress Date: 1905

Johanna Buska, Josef Székely -, Photography

Portrait of a Lady ca. 1800 James Peale American. Portrait of a Lady. James Peale (American, Chestertown, Maryland 1749-1831 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). American. ca. 1800. Watercolor on ivory

Portrait montage of Lily Elsie. American Magazine, 1 May 1910. Locke, Robinson, 1856-1920. Scrapbooks, Clippings. 1910-05-01. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Elsie, Lily, 1886-1962

YVONNE PRINTEMPS French actress with her husband Sacha Guitry during a visit to London in 1929 Date: 1895 -

Jane Maubourg, Portrait of Jane Maubourg, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, du théâtre de la Monnaie, height 139 mm, width 98 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1897 - 1902, paper, collotype, photoprint

Cigarette Picture Cigarettes Company Russe J. Sadzawka, portrait of Cleo de Merode, Paul Nadar, 1894.

Chapine, Prima Donna in ""The Rose of Panama"", Daly's Theater, Management John Cort

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