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[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right], [ca. 1855] — historic photograph
[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right], [ca. 1855]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right]

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Charlotte Cushman, one of the most celebrated actresses of her era on both sides of the Atlantic, appears in this half-length daguerreotype turned to the right against a softly vignetted background. Born in 1816, she built her reputation on tragic roles such as Lady Macbeth and, memorably, Romeo, which she played opposite her sister Susan's Juliet. The portrait dates to about 1855, when daguerreotypes were giving way to paper prints, and its plain leather case with a red velvet pad and embossed urn reflects how such keepsakes were once housed and displayed.

Created / published[ca. 1855]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Daguerreotypes 1850-1860.
NotesCase: plain leather case with push button and dark red velvet pad with an urn embossed in the center. Title devised by Library staff. Purchase; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:113.06). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCushman, Charlotte,--1816-1876.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,066 × 5,115 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226519

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