Hurrah, Victoriana.
Victorian theatrical, material and low low low culture from the long nineteenth century. I cannot be responsible for such Edwardian ephemera as may occur. MANY pretty actresses.
Esme Beringer, c. 1900.
Helena Modjeska as Ophelia in 1867.
Modjeska (originally Modrzejewska) emmigrated from Poland to America, and despite her poor knowledge of the English language, she went on to become on of America’s most beloved actress, and one of the world’s premiere Shakespearian performers.
Oh dear; sometimes I have insightful things to say. Sometimes I just get very giggly. Look at her. LOOK.
Lillie Langtry
Specifically, Langtry as Rosalind from As You Like It, in 1882.
Soyouthinkyoucansee
Actress and socialite Lillie Langtry photographed by William Downey (1829-1915).
Date- August 1885
Without finding anything else out, I’m guessing this is Langtry-in-America. My research focuses on her up to 1882 and then again from about 1889; this isn’t an image I’ve seen before and I’m always excited/glad about joining up the dots.
Assuming it is Langtry, of course (there’s no source. But the nose is right - the hair seems a little light, though).
1840 in objects.
1839 in objects. The photograph of Parliament Street from Trafalgar Square is the oldest photograph in the V&A’s collections.
“Flexible hip corset,” ca. 1882-1885.
From the McCord Museum.
PORTRAIT OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN c1890 by James Brown
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carte-Visite-CDV-Photo-PORTRAIT-MAN-c-1890-by-James-Brown-/110844126711?pt=UK_Collectables_Photographs_MJ&hash=item19ced325f7
1838 in objects — from the Collections of the V & A Museum, London, UK.
Ellen Terry with her Jack Russell Terriers, Fussie and Drummie, ca. 1885.
1837 in objects.
1840s Siblings by LJMcK on Flickr.
The Victorian Way Of Death. All items from the Victoria & Albert Museum.
