Full-length character portrait of American actress Fanny Davenport in introspective pose, costumed in long dress with corset and train and elaborate hat. Born into a family of actors on April 10, 1850, Davenport was the leading lady of actor Robert...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Theatrical producers & directors; Men
Three-quarter length portrait of Al G. Field, performer and proprietor of Al G. Field's Minstrels, seated and wearing a hat, suit jacket, white vest, and necktie. Born Alfred Griffith Hatfield in Virginia on November 7, 1848, he had his last name...
Full-length character portrait of performer Maude Fealy wearing a hat, fur muff with matching scarf, and long dress. Maude Fealy was born Maude Hawke in Memphis, Tennessee on March 3, 1881, and died November 9th, 1971, in Woodland Hills,...
Oval-shaped portrait of British character actress Margaret Wycherly wearing a velvet hat with feather, fur stole, and pearl necklace. Born in London, England on October 26, 1881, Wycherly died June 6, 1956 in New York City. She was married to...
Full-length character portrait of American actress Fanny Davenport standing in front of a set backdrop, wearing a hat, a dress with bustled skirt, and high boots made of white calfskin. Born into a family of actors on April 10, 1850, Davenport was...
Portrait of performer John Mackay with a mustache, three-piece suit, and tie. John A. Mackay appeared at Macauley's Theatre in "Dreams, or Fun in a Photograph Gallery" on September 13, 1881, and in "Pop" on March 19-21, 1888,...
Portrait of performer Gilbert Douglas in three-quarter profile, wearing a suit jacket and polka-dot bow tie. Born circa 1881 in England, he likely performed in "Peg o' My Heart" at Macauley's Theatre on February 9 - 14, 1914. He died on...
Character portrait of right profile of actress Frances Starr seated before an outdoor backdrop. Her head tilted downward, she wears a white headband and white dress. Frances Starr was born in Oneonta, New York, in either 1881 or 1886, and died June...
Full-length character portrait of actor Frederick Warde in costume for the role of Iago in Shakespeare's "Othello." He wears a tunic with dagger in holster, black gloves, leggings, lace-up boots, and a striped cape. He has a mustache and...
Portrait of performer Doris Keane with her hair in pin curls, leaning her chin on her right hand. She portrayed Mme. Cavallini in "Romance," by Edward Sheldon, at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in New York City in 1913, but there is no record...
Persian poetry, written in calligraphy on handmade paper. This original fourteenth century leaf is from a calligraphic manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz, the collected poems of the poet also known as Muhammed Shamsuddin Hafiz or Shamsoddin Mohammad...
