Snapshots of the Past

[Adah Isaacs (Adah Bertha Menken), full-length portrait, standing, dressed as huntress] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Adah Isaacs (Adah Bertha Menken), full-length portrait, standing, dressed as huntress], c1866. — historic photograph
[Adah Isaacs (Adah Bertha Menken), full-length portrait, standing, dressed as huntress], c1866.. 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.)

Description

This rare historic photograph captures [Adah Isaacs (Adah Bertha Menken), full-length portrait, standing, dressed as huntress] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

[Adah Isaacs (Adah Bertha Menken), full-length portrait, standing, dressed as huntress]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Here the actress Adah Isaacs Menken stands in full length in a huntress costume, one of eight similar poses that the New York photographer Napoleon Sarony made of her, probably in the mid-1860s. Menken rose to fame on the American stage that decade, most famously in *Mazeppa*, a dramatization of Byron's poem in which the hero is bound to a galloping horse, a spectacle that drew both crowds and controversy. Studio portraits like this one were widely circulated in small card form, helping performers build public images that reached well beyond the theater. The date and attribution come from an old caption card, so they are worth reading with some caution.

Created / publishedc1866.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto (sheet of eight similar poses) copyrighted by Sarony. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,294 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123260

More from the Historic Print Archive collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[Andrew T. Still, full-length portrait, standing with cane, facing front][Andrew T. Still, full-length portrait, standing with cane, facing front][Nathan Hale, 1755-1776, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, bound for execution][Nathan Hale, 1755-1776, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, bound for [Caleb Cushing, 1800-1879, full-length portrait, standing, arms folded, facing left][Caleb Cushing, 1800-1879, full-length portrait, standing, arms folded, facing l[Charles M. Schwab, full-length portrait, standing][Charles M. Schwab, full-length portrait, standing][Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, between table and chair][Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, between ta[Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, and wife Antoinette (Carter) Hughes][Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948, full-length portrait, standing, facing right,