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Maud Allan

(1873-1956), Dancer

Sitter in 26 portraits
Canadian dancer, Allan trained as a musician before developing a unique expressive style of dance, performing barefoot and in loose garments. She made her debut in Vienna in 1903 and achieved fame (and notoriety) with her sensational Vision of Salome, which she first performed at the Palace Theatre, London, 1908. She toured widely during the First World War but her career came to an end when, after losing a libel trial in 1918, she was exposed as the sister of a murderer and shunned by theatres. She died in obscurity in a Los Angeles convalescence home.

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Maud Allan, by Richard George Mathews - NPG 6730

Maud Allan

by Richard George Mathews
charcoal and red chalk, circa 1908
NPG 6730

Maud Allan, by Reutlinger, published by  Aristophot Co Ltd - NPG x138170

Maud Allan

by Reutlinger, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x138170

Maud Allan, by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198170

Maud Allan

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198170

Maud Allan, by W. & D. Downey - NPG x198171

Maud Allan

by W. & D. Downey
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198171

Maud Allan dancing Mendelssohn's Spring Songs, by Foulsham & Banfield, printed by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG Ax160221

Maud Allan dancing Mendelssohn's Spring Songs

by Foulsham & Banfield, printed by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
hand-coloured postcard print, 1908
NPG Ax160221

Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome', by Gerlach, published by  G.G. & Co - NPG Ax160370

Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'

by Gerlach, published by G.G. & Co
matte bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG Ax160370

Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome', by Reutlinger, published by  Aristophot Co Ltd - NPG Ax160371

Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'

by Reutlinger, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG Ax160371

Maud Allan, by Foulsham & Banfield - NPG x137358

Maud Allan

by Foulsham & Banfield
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 15 July 1908
NPG x137358

Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome', by Gerlach, published by  G.G. & Co - NPG x198169

Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'

by Gerlach, published by G.G. & Co
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198169

Maud Allan as 'Salome', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198331

Maud Allan as 'Salome'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198331

Maud Allan as 'Salome', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198332

Maud Allan as 'Salome'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198332

Maud Allan as 'Salome', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198333

Maud Allan as 'Salome'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198333

Maud Allan as 'Salome', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198334

Maud Allan as 'Salome'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198334

Maud Allan as 'Salome', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198335

Maud Allan as 'Salome'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198335

Maud Allan as 'Salome', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198336

Maud Allan as 'Salome'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198336

Maud Allan dancing to 'Chopin's Funeral March', by Foulsham & Banfield, published by  Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x198337

Maud Allan dancing to 'Chopin's Funeral March'

by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198337

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