Adelaide Herrmann's sleeping beauty – Antique Wall Art
![Adelaide Herrmann's sleeping beauty, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a3dc80eb372e-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Adelaide Herrmann's sleeping beauty. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Adelaide Herrmann's sleeping beauty
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Adelaide Herrmann's name on this print ties it to a stage magician of the late 1800s and early 1900s, and the title, "sleeping beauty," points to a theatrical illusion rather than a portrait. The caption card gives no date, and the record credits the photoprint to Dietz. Herrmann performed in her own right, and after her husband, the magician Alexander Herrmann, died in 1896, she continued touring with her own act. Publicity photographs like this one helped carry stage magic to audiences who could not see the performances in person.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Dietz. McManus and Young Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152235 |
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