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Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton)

1 of 37 portraits of Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton)

by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet print, April 1885
5 3/4 in. x 4 1/8 in. (146 mm x 104 mm)
Purchased, 1973
Primary Collection
NPG P863

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Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton) (1853-1929), Actress and 'professional beauty'. Sitter associated with 37 portraits.

Henry Van der Weyde (1838-1924), Painter and photographer. Artist associated with 41 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Callow, Simon, Character Sketches: Oscar Wilde and His Circle, 2000, p. 43
Funnell, Peter; Warner, Malcolm, Millais: Portraits, 1999 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 19 February to 6 June 1999), p. 198
Levitt, Sarah, Fashion in Photographs 1880-1900, 1991, p. 39
Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 107
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 363

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