The costume seems a bit overdone. Was she an actress? We haven't a clue. The feathered hat pin suggests a Sherwood Forest theme. A Gilbert and Sullivan-style play (actually by DeKoven and Smith) was big in 1890s. It was called "Robin Hood," and it's hit song was "Oh Promise Me."
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Nameless Photos Collection: Who Was She?
The costume seems a bit overdone. Was she an actress? We haven't a clue. The feathered hat pin suggests a Sherwood Forest theme. A Gilbert and Sullivan-style play (actually by DeKoven and Smith) was big in 1890s. It was called "Robin Hood," and it's hit song was "Oh Promise Me."
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She looks bored. The fur stole or collar may be a sign of affluence. Is there any indication on the photo or the back as to who the photographer was or where the studio was located?
No. Nothing at all. The frame is unusual. It is an 8" by 10" by 1/8" piece of (I think) mahogany. The photo is securely pasted to the wood, so any writing is under there. I think she is trying to look younger than she is, "innocent" as well as "bored." As an actress in a Gilbert and Sullivan play would do.
The ladies dress (what you can see of it from the photograph) seems similar to a McCall's pattern from 1906. Makes one wonder if it is a dress of the period or a costume for a performance. See:
www.vintagevictorian.com/
costume_1905.html
(Scroll to bottom of page.)
There is certainly a nautical accent to the garment. Inspired by H.M.S. Pinafore perhaps?
Oh Lilly, you're such a romantic soul! But the point is well taken. Even Queen Victoria didn't take baths more than a few times in her life. Likewise for the aristocrats. Winston Churchill called his critics in the House of Lords "lousy" and no one could contradict him.
I have a passport from Germany with the exact likeness of this lady. What are the odds?
J. Emmert, trib54@yahoo.com
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