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Full-length portrait of Lillie Langtry, standing, left profile, holding on to a curtain, Notman, 99 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1886-1887

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1886-1887

Location Note

Biographical: Langtry

GUSN

GUSN-196530

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Description

The actress Lillie Langtry is shown from the back, standing on a fur rug, and holding on to a curtain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
women (female humans)
actors
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 001499
AccessID 2329
Other identifier HNEDID-001499

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 15 x 9 1/2 inches

Collection Code

PC004

Collection Name

Personal photographic collection

Reference Code

PC004.01.L.0600.001

Date Notes

1886 or 1887

Image Dimensions

15 x 9 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. G.S. Curtis, 22 December 1919.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Notman Photo Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Photographic studio)
Notman, James, 1849-1932 (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929

Subjects

Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Biographical: Langtry

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