Maud Allan
(1873-1956), DancerSitter 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.
by Richard George Mathews
charcoal and red chalk, circa 1908
NPG 6730
by Reutlinger, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x138170
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198170
by W. & D. Downey
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198171
Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'
by Foulsham & Banfield
postcard print, 1908
NPG x39
Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'
by Foulsham & Banfield
postcard print, 1908
NPG x40
Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'
by Foulsham & Banfield
postcard print, 1908
NPG x5154
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
matte bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG Ax160370
Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'
by Reutlinger, published by Aristophot Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG Ax160371
Maud Allan as Salome in 'The Vision of Salome'
published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG Ax160375
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
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198169
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198331
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198332
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198333
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198334
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198335
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
bromide postcard print, 1908
NPG x198337
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