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[Lotta Crabtree, half-length portrait, facing left, leaning on table, looking down] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Lotta Crabtree, half-length portrait, facing left, leaning on table, looking down], c1868. — historic photograph
[Lotta Crabtree, half-length portrait, facing left, leaning on table, looking down], c1868.. 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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Lotta Crabtree, the stage performer, appears here in a half-length portrait taken around 1868, when she was a young and rising star of the American stage. She is shown facing left, leaning on a table and gazing downward, a relaxed pose that departs from the formal stiffness typical of studio portraits of the era. The photograph was copyrighted by J. Gurney & Son, the New York studio that produced many carte-de-visite and cabinet portraits of theatrical figures in the 1860s. Crabtree, born in 1847, built a long career as a singer, dancer and comedienne, and images like this helped audiences connect her face to the roles she performed.

Created / publishedc1868.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by J. Gurney & Son.
SubjectsCrabtree, Lotta,--1847-1924. Actresses.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,053 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126693

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