Photographs: PH1991

Title

Fanny Josephs

Subject

Josephs, Francis Adeline

Artist

Southwell Brothers

Dimensions

height: 9.9cm
width: 6.3cm

Inscription/signature

Handwritten in black ink on front: "Miss F. Josephs - The Motto" Printed on front: "SOUTHWELL BROS. COPYRIGHT."

Other number

E0165

Exhibition history

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2026.

Carte-de-visite depicting actress Fanny Josephs as Pepita in Henry James Byron's burlesque piece 'The Motto: I am 'All There'', performed at the Royal Strand Theatre in July 1863. She is depicted full length and standing in a landscape backdrop facing the left. She wears a calf-length dress with off-the-shoulder short sleeves, lace detail, and two horizontal white stripes on the skirt trim.