Lillie Langtry, 1853-1929 – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Lillie Langtry, 1853-1929. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lillie Langtry, 1853-1929
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Born on the island of Jersey in 1853, Lillie Langtry was called the "Jersey Lily" long before she became a professional actress, and by the late 1880s she was among the most photographed women in Britain and America. The caption card, though its details are unverified, links this portrait to a production of Shakespeare's *Macbeth* and to fashion, which suits a career that moved from London society into the theater in 1881 and then onto American tours. Studio portraits like this were sold in large numbers, so they show how an actress's public image was built as much through photographs as through the stage.
| Created / published | c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No. 28. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Theater--Plays--Shakespeare--Macbeth; BI; Fashion; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 976 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150244 |
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