Ada Cavendish, after 1875
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- 10 x 6 cm; Woodburytype (photomechanical); card mount
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Three-quarter portrait of actress Ada Cavendish (1847-1895) in Red Cross nursing uniform. Printed on front: Woodburytype, from photo, by Lombardi & Co., 13 & 14, Pall Mall, East London. Printed on back: Walter Smith, printer, 61 & 62 High Bloomsbury, London, W.C.; the rest of the back is filled with publicity for the play, "New Magdalen", from the novel by Wilkie Collins at the Theatre Royal in Halifax, May 14th (no year), in which Cavendish played Mercy Merrick. The play was first performed in 1873 and became Cavendish's favored role beginning in 1875. [Source: Adapted from "The Standard Theatre of Victorian England" by Allan Stuart Jackson, through Google Books online, viewed December 30, 2022]
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