Photographs: PH2150

Title

Adelaide Neilson

Subject

Neilson, Lilian Adelaide

Artist

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Ltd.

Dimensions

height: 8.6cm
width: 17.6cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "MISS NEILSON AS "AMY ROBSART." / New / Stereographs of English Female Beauty. / (Copyright) / By The London Stereoscopic Company. / 54, CHEAPSIDE & 110, REGENT STREET."

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2026.

Other number

E0162

Cabinet card depicting actress Adelaide Neilson as Amy Robsart in Andrew Halliday's stage adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Kenilworth' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on September 24, 1870. The two images are duplicates; she is depicted half length and facing down towards the left. She wears a robe with triangular pattern on the trim, and she hold a small chest in her right hand.