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Staging Fashion, 1880–1920: Jane Hading, Lily Elsie, and Billie Burke

January 18–April 8, 2012

 

Cabinet Card of Jane Hading

Reutlinger Studio

(French, 1850 – 1937)

6 1/2 x 4 in.

(16.5 x 10.2 cm)

ca. 1897 – 1904

Private collection

Postcard of Jane Hading

Paul Boyer (French, active late 19th– early 20th century), ca. 1899

Hand-colored photograph with metallic gold pigment

3 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (8.9 x 14.1 cm)

Private collection

Le Théatre (May 1899): cover

“Mme Jane Hading (Rôle de Joséphine)”

Paul Boyer (French, active late 19th– early 20th century)

Published by Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie., Paris

Lithograph

Magazine (closed): 11 3/4 x 15 in. (29.8 x 40.3 cm)

Private collection

Postcard of the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Boulevard des Italiens, Paris

ca. 1905

Hand-colored photograph

3 3/4 x 6 in.

(9.5 x 15.2 cm)

Private collection

Postcard of Lily Elsie

Published by W. McKenzie & Co., London

ca. 1904

Series: The Artistic Series

Photograph

3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

(9.5 x 14.6 cm)

Private collection

Postcard of Lily Elsie

Foulsham & Banfield (English, 1906 – 20)

Published by The Rotary Photographic Company, London, ca. 1907

Photograph

3 3/4 x 6 in.

(9.5 x 15.2 cm)

Private collection

The Play Pictorial (February 1911): cover

Lily Elsie in A Waltz Dream

Lithograph

Magazine (closed): 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (24.1 x 31.8 cm)

Private collection

Postcard of the Gaiety Theatre, London

ca. 1909

Hand-colored photograph

3 3/4 x 6 in.

(9.5 x 15.2 cm)

Private collection

Postcard of Billie Burke and Farren Soutar in "The Belle of Mayfair"

Bassano Studio (English, 1850 – 1963)

Published by Davidson Bros., London, ca. 1906

Photograph

3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

(9.5 x 14.6 cm)

Private collection

Postcard of Billie Burke

Richard Brown (English, active ca. 1890)

Published by Philco Publishing Co., London, ca. 1907

Hand-colored photograph with glitter

3 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.

(9.2 x 14 cm)

Private collection

 

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