A young girl, wearing a dress and apron, carries a wicker basket and tall stick, or staff, as she walks alongside a flock of geese in a field. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the lower right corner of mount. Also handwritten on album...
Young Iva Barbee drives a flock of geese down a creek bed in a reenactment of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "Everything in the Right Place." According to an inscription written by Kate Matthews on another print of this image...
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Film still from recorded performance. "Rebecca Horn's early performances involved her strapping surreal prostheses to her body or wearing elaborate costumes. The allusions to fairy tale and myth were unmistakable but rarely specific. Since...
In this novella, a young girl wakes to discover she has lost her voice and that
people can no longer hold their secrets back from her. Tasked with offering them
absolution through listening, she must also deal with the increasing toll bearing...
Fairy with wings, spiky hair, and a smile wearing a short dress. A small butterfly flies near her. Ornamental flourishes frame the image and text. The phrase "Ex Libris" is at the top. Below the design is the quotation "Ever let the...
A young child, Alice Hanlon, faces a strange-looking inanimate creature atop a base reading "Cant [sic] You Talk." This scene, from the Hanlons' "Fantasma, or Funny Frolics in Fairy Land," appears within a five-sided shape...
Full-length character portrait of Tonia Hanlon wearing a hat, white dress, and striped stockings. The Hanlons performed "Fantasma, or Funny Frolics in Fairy Land" at Macauley's Theatre in March 1885 and January and October 1891. They also...
Three-quarter length seated portrait of either William or Frederick Hanlon, who brought their "Fantasma, or Funny Frolics in Fairy Land" spectacle to Macauley's Theatre in March 1885. The man wears a bow tie, velvet vest, long...
Three-quarter length portrait of William Hanlon leaning against a chair with arms folded, wearing a three-piece suit. The Hanlons performed Fantasma, or "Funny Frolics in Fairy Land," in March 1885 and January and October 1891, plus...
Full-length character portrait of performer Ignacio Martinetti in fairy tale character costume, probably for his role in "Babes in Toyland," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in December 1904. He wears a hat with tassel, one-piece...
A woman wearing a costume and holding a small dagger is stooped slightly as if "ready to strike." The woman is believed to be Helen Gifford, a resident of Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors...
Elizabeth Fletcher, wearing a light spring dress with matching hat and heels, is holding a flower up as if to show it to a bird in a birdcage. The birdcage is hanging from a large tree on the lawn of Twigmore. Elizabeth is daintily holding her...
Young woman in an antebellum dress and bonnet is picking flowers outside the open windows of a home. On the oval print's lower right border is photographer Kate Matthews' signature and also in her handwriting "June, 1860". Given that...
Picture of a framed, tinted print of a little girl in Dresden shepherdess attire seated on cast-iron bench in a garden. The girl is holding a hoop and stick. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or...
A young girl, with braids in her hair, stands facing a blackboard, apparently thinking about her next answer. Written on the blackboard are: "Cat," "rat," and an addition problem. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and...
A woman in a plaid skirt and velvet jacket is entering the door of a frame cabin or house. Ivy covers the steps and walkway and Wisteria blooms over the door. Kate Matthews wrote "Sallie, 1860" on an album page with another print of this...
A woman dressed as a nun stands in the middle of a tree-lined dirt road in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on lower right corner of mount. Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux...
Mary Johnston, wearing a light dress and hat and holding flowers and a small parasol, poses on the front walk at Clovercroft, Kate Matthews family home in Pewee Valley Kentucky. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in...
Elizabeth Fletcher, the photographer's niece, in the garden area at Twigmore. Kate Matthews frequently persuaded relatives and neighbors to pose in tableaux vivants, or living pictures, based on fairy tales, books, or poems. This may be one of...
