[John McCormack, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, dressed in costume] / Foley, New York. – Vintage Photo Print
![[John McCormack, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, dressed in costume] / Foley, New York., c1910. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9e/9e665d59a6e2-L.webp)
(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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[John McCormack, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, dressed in costume] / Foley, New York. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[John McCormack, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, dressed in costume] / Foley, New York.
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This full-length portrait shows the Irish tenor John McCormack seated and facing the camera in stage costume, a pose that let a publicity photograph show both the performer and his role. McCormack was one of the most popular concert and opera singers of the early 1900s, and his fame grew through live tours and the phonograph recordings he made for the Victor company. Photographs like this one circulated as publicity for his performances. The studio's name, E.F. Foley of New York, and the copyright notation on the print point to a commercial image registered for sale and distribution, a reminder of how stage celebrities were marketed in the period.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910.Publicity photographs 1910.Photographic prints 1910. |
| Notes | J138980 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.F. Foley, New York. |
| Subjects | McCormack, John,--1884-1945--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 759 × 927 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-199369 |
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