Roshanara (Olive Craddock)
(1894-1926), DancerSitter in 22 portraits
The daughter of an English mother and Anglo-Indian father of Irish extraction, Craddock learned to dance as a child in India. She came to Europe in about 1909 and adopted the stage name Roshanara after a legendary Indian princess. She danced with Loie Fuller's company and in 1911 appeared in London in Oscar Asche's Kismet and took the role of Zobeide in Scheherazade with the Ballets Russes at Covent Garden. She joined Anna Pavlova's company in 1912 and eventually settled in America, where she died from appendicitis aged thirty-four.
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101565
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101566
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101567
Roshanara (Olive Craddock) in her Snake Dance
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101568
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101569
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101570
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101571
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101572
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101573
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101574
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101575
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x101576
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1913
NPG x103362
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 12 July 1915
NPG x85685
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1915
NPG x80738
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1915
NPG x80739
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1915
NPG x80740
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1915
NPG x80741
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1915
NPG x80742
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 12 July 1915
NPG x80743
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