Author: Kirkpatrick, Frank Le Brun (Philadelphia, 1853-1917
Title: Portrait of the Actress Jane Hading (1859-1941). Original Etching
Description: Troy, NY: Nims & Knight, 1889. Original etching on thin India paper mounted on board at the corners. 10 x 7.25 inches sheet size. Light foxing. Includes a separate 2 page letterpress biography of the actress by Robert. N. Stephens. Originally published in the portfolio entitled: "Queens of the Drama.".. She first appeared in Paris in 1879 in La chaste Suzanne at the Palais Royal, and she was again heard in operetta at the Renaissance. She sang in La petite mariée and La belle Lurette. In 1883 she had a great success at the Gymnase in Le maître de forges. In 1884 she married Victor Koning (1842-1894), the manager of that theatre, but divorced him in 1887. In 1888 and 1893, she toured America with Benoît Constant Coquelin. She helped to give success to Henri Lavedan's Le Prince d'Aurec at the Vaudeville in 1892, and afterwards joined the Comédie Française. Her reputation as one of the leading actresses of the day was established not only in France but in America and England. She also toured South America. Victorien Sardou chose her for the title role of his Marcelle in 1896. .
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Title: Portrait of the Actress Jane Hading (1859-1941). Original Etching
Description: Troy, NY: Nims & Knight, 1889. Original etching on thin India paper mounted on board at the corners. 10 x 7.25 inches sheet size. Light foxing. Includes a separate 2 page letterpress biography of the actress by Robert. N. Stephens. Originally published in the portfolio entitled: "Queens of the Drama.".. She first appeared in Paris in 1879 in La chaste Suzanne at the Palais Royal, and she was again heard in operetta at the Renaissance. She sang in La petite mariée and La belle Lurette. In 1883 she had a great success at the Gymnase in Le maître de forges. In 1884 she married Victor Koning (1842-1894), the manager of that theatre, but divorced him in 1887. In 1888 and 1893, she toured America with Benoît Constant Coquelin. She helped to give success to Henri Lavedan's Le Prince d'Aurec at the Vaudeville in 1892, and afterwards joined the Comédie Française. Her reputation as one of the leading actresses of the day was established not only in France but in America and England. She also toured South America. Victorien Sardou chose her for the title role of his Marcelle in 1896. .
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Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 51-3972
- Book number: 51-3972
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