Various singers, actors and performers
6 of 8 portraits of Nelly Power
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Various singers, actors and performers
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
7 5/8 in. x 5 in. (193 mm x 127 mm) image size
Purchased, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax139915
Artistback to top
- Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Antonio Aramburo (1840-1912), Spanish tenor. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Mademoiselle Avigliana (active 1877-1885), Opera singer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Mary Comber (née Fortey), Lady Benedict (later Lawson) (1857 or 1858-1911), Former second wife of Sir Julius Benedict, and later wife of Frank Lawson; daughter of Henry Fortey. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Kitty Berger (active 1878-1885), Zither player. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Elena Boccabadati-Varesi (1854-1920), Opera singer; daughter of Felice Varesi. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- J. Boyd. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Mademoiselle Cottino (active 1874-1880), Opera singer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- D'Alton. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- de Fonblanque. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Ilma de Murska (Ema Pukšec) (1834-1889), Soprano. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Mademoiselle de Riti (active 1878), Opera singer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Louise Dotti (active 1877-1895), Opera singer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Elida. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Gaul. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Kate Lawler (active 1878-1887), Actress and theatre manager. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Amalie Materna (1844-1918), Austrian soprano. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Orme. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Osgood. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Nelly Power (1854-1887), Actor and singer. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Mademoiselle Rosetti, Singer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Madame Thierry. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Helen Vincent (active 1880s), Actress. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1890back to top
Current affairs
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, publishes In Darkest England, in which he compares the supposedly 'civilised' England with 'Darkest Africa'. A critique of the degenerate state of society, Booth also proposed social welfare schemes to alleviate the sufferings of the urban poor.The world's first electric underground railway opens to the public in London, passing under the Thames and linking the City of London and Stockwell.
Art and science
William Morris founds the Kelmscott Press, a revival of art and craft techniques of book printing. Publications included The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896), with decorative designs and typeface by Morris and illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones.Vincent Van Gogh dies after shooting himself in the chest in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray first appears in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine .
International
Cecil Rhodes, organiser of the diamond-mining De Beers Consolidated Mines, becomes premier of Cape Colony as part of his expansionist aims in South Africa.In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II dismisses Otto von Bismarck.
An international anti-slavery conference is held in Brussels, leading to the signing of a treaty by all the major maritime nations covering action to be taken against the trade in Africa and suppression of it by sea.
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