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Photographs: PH1787
Title
Miss Julia Neilson
Subject
Neilson, Julia Emilie
Artist
W.& D. DowneyCassell & Company Ltd (London, England)
Date
1892
Dimensions
height (mount): 18.8cm
width (mount): 12.3cm
height: 14cm
width: 9.5cm
width (mount): 12.3cm
height: 14cm
width: 9.5cm
Inscription/signature
"W. & D. DOWNEY, / MISS JULIA NEILSON. / 57 & 61, Ebury Street, London."
Provenance
Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, October 2023.
Other number
E0147
Photograph of the actress Julia Emilie Neilson as Drusilla Ives in 'The Dancing Girl'. Photograph taken by W.& D. Downey and published by Cassell & Company Ltd, 1892. Julia Neilson was the wife of the actor Fred Terry (1863-1933), who was the son of the actors Benjamin and Sarah Terry. She is depicted three-quarter length, standing to the right, wearing a short-sleeved long floaty white dress with flower garlands attached to the low-scoop neckline and the skirt from the waist down.
