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Miss Nellie Farren

Photograph
ca. 1881 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
W. & D. Downey (photographers)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Photographic portrait of the actress Nellie Farren (1848-1904) in the title role of Aladdin, at the Gaiety Theatre, W&D Downey, London, ca. 1881.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleMiss Nellie Farren (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print on card
Printing Ink
Card
Photography
Brief description
Photographic portrait of the actress Nellie Farren (1848-1904) in the title role of Aladdin, at the Gaiety Theatre, W&D Downey, London, ca. 1881
Physical description
Photographic portrait of the actress Nellie Farren (1848-1904) in the title role of Aladdin, at the Gaiety Theatre. It features a three quarter length portrait of Farren whose gaze is directed over her left shoulder towards a point in the distance. She is holding a tall, narrow staff between her hands and is wearing a close fitting, sleeveless, tunic style bodice with a wide skirt, over shorts which are edged with hanging strands of beads.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Width: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '780-1923' (Handwritten annotation in ink, lower right hand corner.)
  • 'No.43' (Handwritten annotation in black ink on reverse.)
  • 'Nellie Farren' (Handwritten annotation in pencil on reverse.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history
This photograph is labelled Cecil Crofton Collection. It was transferred to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection from the National Art Library, which holds the Cecil Crofton collection of autograph letters.
Subject depicted
Farren
Summary
Photographic portrait of the actress Nellie Farren (1848-1904) in the title role of Aladdin, at the Gaiety Theatre, W&D Downey, London, ca. 1881.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.118-2016

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Record createdApril 22, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1350521/miss-nellie-farren-photograph-w--d/
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