Adoree Villany in the Dance of Phryne – Historic 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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This rare historic photograph captures Adoree Villany in the Dance of Phryne in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Adoree Villany in the Dance of Phryne
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The title places this glass negative under the name Adoree Villany and links it to *The Dance of Phryne*, after the ancient Athenian courtesan whose story of a dramatic unveiling inspired many painters, sculptors, and stage productions. The Bain News Service caption information for this title is unverified, so the performer's identity should be read as provisional. Bain News Service was a New York press photography agency, and George Grantham Bain's negatives from the early twentieth century document theater, society, and current events. Images like this one give a useful sense of how stage tableaux and classical themes were photographed for newspapers and magazines of the period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,166 × 5,735 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-13618 |
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