BIB_ID
440376
Accession number
MA 23777.7
Display Date
London : Alfred Ellis & Walery, 1895?
Credit line
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2021.
Description
1 photograph : cabinet card ; 148 x 104 mm; mount 166 x 110 mm
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Cabinet card photograph on printed mount.
Forms part of a collection of Oscar Wilde trade cards and theatrical photographs (see MA 23777.1-7).
Cabinet card photograph on printed mount.
Forms part of a collection of Oscar Wilde trade cards and theatrical photographs (see MA 23777.1-7).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil with the negative number on verso: 18049-3.
Provenance
Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 2578, Lot 1, August 19, 2021.
Summary
Photograph of the actresses Irene Vanbrugh (left) and Evelyn Millard (right), seated side by side, as they appeared in the roles of Cecily Cardew and Gwendolyn Fairfax in the premier production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
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