Actress Collection (#55)

Mdme. Dency, from the Actresses series (N67) promoting Dixie Cigarettes for Allen &
Mdme. Dency, from the Actresses series (N67) promoting Dixie Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products, ca. 1888

Annie Robe, from the Actresses series (N67) promoting Virginia Brights Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products, ca. 1888

Marie Jaensen, from the Actresses series (N67) promoting Virginia Brights Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products, ca. 1888

Card Number 12, Kate Vaughn, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke
Card Number 12, Kate Vaughan, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes, 1880s

The Actress Prayer!!, August 10, 1801. August 10, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Actress Prayer!!, August 10, 1801

Ada Richmond, from Worlds Beauties, Series 2 (N27) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Waif Th, from Worlds Beauties, Series 2 (N27) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Margaret Mather, from Worlds Beauties, Series 1 (N26) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Nellie, postcard of Edwardian actress Nellie Stewart

The first troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre, Russia, 1900. The Moscow Art Theatre was founded by Constantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898

Frank Morgan, American film actor, 1934-1935. Morgan (1890-1949) is best known for playing the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Roman mosaic of Scene from play with masked actors, Villa of Cicero, Pompeii, c2nd century BC. Three actors dressed as women wearing masks are seated round a circular table. By Dioscurides of Samos

The Actress Margarita, 1909. Artist: Niko Pirosmanishvili
The Actress Margarita, 1909. From the collection of the The State Museum of Fine Arts of Georgia, Tbilisi

Dancing Girl with Castanets, Early 19th cen Artist: Iranian master
Dancing Girl with Castanets, Early 19th cen.. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Costume design for the Serf Theatre of Sheremetev, 1785. Artist: Kuerzinger (Kirzinger), Marianna (1770-1809)
Costume design for the Serf Theatre of Sheremetev, 1785. Found in the collection of the State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Dancing Girl with Castanets, 1909. Artist: Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)
Dancing Girl with Castanets, 1909. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Dancing Girl with Tambourine, 1909. Artist: Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)
Dancing Girl with Tambourine, 1909. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Elisa Rachel as Phedre. Artist: Gerome, Jean-Leon (1824-1904)
Elisa Rachel as Phedre. Found in the collection of the Patrimoine comte Charles-Andre Colonna Walewski

Elisa Rachel as Roxane in Bajazet by Racine, 1838. Artist: Deveria, Achille (1800-1857)
Elisa Rachel as Roxane in Bajazet by Racine, 1838. Found in the collection of the Patrimoine comte Charles-Andre Colonna Walewski

Elisa Rachel. Artist: Anonymous
Elisa Rachel. Found in the collection of the Patrimoine comte Charles-Andre Colonna Walewski

Elisa Rachel as Phedre. Artist: Anker, Albert (1831-1910)
Elisa Rachel as Phedre. Found in the collection of the Patrimoine comte Charles-Andre Colonna Walewski

Portrait of the stage producer Vsevolod Meyerhold, 1916. Artist: Boris Grigor yev
Portrait of the stage producer Vsevolod Meyerhold, 1916. Meyerhold (1874-1930) established his own theatre in Moscow in 1922

Russian theatre directo Vsevolod Meyerhold and his wife, actress Zinaida Raikh, early 1920s. Meyerhold (1874-1930) established his own theatre in Moscow in 1922

Vera Kholodnaya, Russian silent film actress, 1910s. Artist: Sakharov & Orlov
Vera Kholodnaya, Russian silent film actress, 1910s. It is thought that Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919) may have appereared in between 50 and 100 films, although only 5 still exist today

Vera Karalli, Russian ballet dancer and silent film actress, 1915. Karalli (1889-1972) in the film After Death. A mistress of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, c1865. Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, c1865. Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was probably the most famous stage actress of the 19th century. From a private collection

Konstantin Stanislavsky, Russian actor ant theatre director, c1890-c1900. Artist: William Andreevich Carrick
Konstantin Stanislavsky, Russian actor ant theatre director, c1890-c1900. Stanislavski (1863-1938) co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898

Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, Russian actress, c1900. Artist: Karl Karlovich Bulla
Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, Russian actress, c1900. Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864-1910) was the foremost Russian stage actress at the turn of the 20th century

Portrait of the actress of the Imperial theatre Vera Samoylova, 1840s. Artist: Eugene Pluchart
Portrait of the actress of the Imperial theatre Vera Samoylova, 1840s. Pluchart, Eugene (1809-1880). Found in the collection of the State V. Tropinin-Museum, Moscow

Portrait of Sally Siddons, early 19th century. Artist: Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of Sally Siddons, early 19th century. Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Portrait of the Actress Antonia Zarate, c1810. Artist: Francisco Goya
Portrait of the Actress Antonia Zarate, c1810. Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Jane Avril, 1899. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Jane Avril, 1899. Poster. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Constantin Stanislavski, Russian acor and theatre director, 1910s. Stanislavski (1863-1938) co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898

Mikhail Chekhov, Russian actor and author, 1928. The nephew of the playwright Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Chekhov (1891-1955) is regarded by many as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century

Poster of American actress and film star Norma Talmadge, 1926. Artist: Alexander Naumov
Poster of American actress and film star Norma Talmadge, 1926. Norma Talmadge (1893-1957) was one of the greatest film stars of the silent era

Design of the curtain for the opera Dorothea, by T Khrennikov, 1983. Artist: Alexander Lushin
Design of curtain for the opera Dorothea, by T Khrennikov, 1983. Found in the collection of the Central Artists House, Moscow

Actors of the Comedie Francaise, 1711-1712. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Actors of the Comedie Francaise, 1711-1712. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Dance of the Seven Veils, 1908. Artist: Leon Bakst
Dance of the Seven Veils, 1908. Costume design for the play Salome by Oscar Wilde. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Russian actress, 1900s. Komissarzhevskaya (1864-1910) was the most celebrated Russian actress at the turn of the 20th century

Mariya Babanova, Russian actress, 1923. Babanova (1900-1983) in Alexander Ostrovskys play A Profitable Position. Found in the collection of the The State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

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