Members of the cast of 'Iolanthe'
2 of 6 portraits of Leonora Braham
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Members of the cast of 'Iolanthe'
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s (1882)
8 1/4 in. x 5 3/8 in. (210 mm x 138 mm) image size
Purchased, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax139920
Artistback to top
- Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Alice Barnett (1846-1901), Actress and singer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) (1853-1922), Actor and singer. Sitter in 10 portraits.
- Leonora Braham (1853-1931), Actress and singer. Sitter in 6 portraits.
- May Fortescue (née Finney) (1862-1950), Actress and singer. Sitter in 15 portraits.
- Sibyl (Sybil) Grey (active 1880s-1930s), Actress and singer. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Julia Lavinia Gwynne (1859-1934), Actress and singer; wife of George Joseph Edwardes. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Durward Lely (James Durward Lyall) (1852-1944), Opera singer. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Charles Southcote Mansergh Manners (1857-1935), Singer and manager. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Richard Temple (Richard Barker Cobb) (1846-1912), Singer and actor. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG x28155: May Fortescue (née Finney) as Celia in 'Iolanthe' (appears within the portrait)
Events of 1882back to top
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Eadweard Muybridge, British photographer, exhibits his images of animal and human motion, captured with his 'zoopraxiscope', a motion-picture machine recreating movement by displaying individual photographs in rapid succession, at the Royal Academy and Royal Institution. His studies and inventions contributed to the development of motion pictures, with E.J. Marey and the Lumiere brothers acknowledging his impact.International
The Zioinist movement begins, with the first wave of Jewish immigrants to Palestine, at this time part of the Ottoman empire. The Jewish people were in Diaspora, spread across the world, and Palestine, the place of Jewish origin but now also occupied by Muslims and Christians, seemed a logical place for a settlement.Comments back to top
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