Photographs: PH1878

Title

Adelaide Neilson

Subject

Neilson, Lilian Adelaide

Artist

Napoleon Sarony

Dimensions

height: 16.5cm
width: 10.6cm

Inscription/signature

Printed front: "Sarony / 37 UNION SQUARE, N. Y." Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Adelaide Neilson / as Viola in / Twelfth Night / [Elizabeth Ann Brown] / 1846-1880"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, June 2023.

Other number

E0138

Cabinet card depicting actress Adelaide Neilson as Viola from William Shakespeare's play 'Twelfth Night'. She is depicted half-length and facing the left. She wears a blouse with high-neck frill collar.