Photographs: PH1778

Title

Helena Modjeska

Subject

Modjeska, Helena (Madame)

Dimensions

height (mount): 25.5cm
width (mount): 20.4cm
height: 12.6cm
width: 8cm

Inscription/signature

Inscribed verso: "HELENA MODJESKA [MODRZEJEWSKA] / 1840-1909 / C502"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.

Other number

E0147

Photograph of the Polish-American actress Helena Modjeska. She is depicted in three-quarter length, seated on an ornately carved chair, she wears a highly detailed long-sleeved square neck dress with gigot sleeves and two diamond choker necklaces, and holds an ostrich feather fan in her right hand.