[OPERA] Lind, Jenny. (1820–1887) & Desclauzas, Marie. (1840–1912) & Brambilla, Marietta. (1807–1875) & Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte. (1757–1775) & Arnoldson, Sigrid. (1861–1943) & Bréjean-Silver, Georgette. (1870–1951) & Cabel, Marie. (1827–1885) & Falcon, Cornélie. (1814–1897) & Jawureck, Constance. (1803–1858) & Mengal, Martin-Joseph. (1784–1851) & Ugalde, Delphine. (1829–1910) & Patti, Adelina. (1843–1919)
Collection of Engraved Opera Portraits
An interesting collection of 19 engraved portraits of great opera singers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The attractive images, some hand-colored, produced with a variety of techniques, include portraits of Jenny Lind, Marie Desclauzas, Delphine Ugalde, Adelina Patti, and many other singers, as well as several actors and the opera composer Martin-Joseph Mengal. Many of the singers and actors are shown in celebrated roles. Some with foxing, toning, and mounting remnants; overall in very good condition. Ranging in size from 4 x 5 inches (10 x 13 cm) to 11 x 15.5 inches (28 x 39.5 cm).Depicted are: Jenny Lind (engraved by N. Afinger); Jenny Lind, with facsimile signature (published by Johnson, Fry & Co.); Jenny Lind, engraving of the bust by J. Durham with facsimile signature (engraved by W. Roffe, from a drawing by F. Roffe); Mme. Rifaut as Christine of Sweden in Les Deux Reines (engraved by Lemercier after A. Lacauchie); Marie Desclauzas as Progrès in Francesco Bianchi's La Lanterne Magique; Marietta Brambilla as Pierotto in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix (a role she created); German actress Charlotte Ackermann, a late-eighteenth century German actress who died at the age of 17 (engraved by Weger & Singer); Sigrid Arnoldson as Juliette (photogravure by Schutzenberger from a photograph by Reutlinger); Georgette Bréjean-Silver (as photographed by Reutlinger); Marie Cabel (engraved by Charles Vogt); French actor Dozainville (engraved by Ducarme after Garnier); Cornélie Falcon as Comtesse Amélie in Auber's Gustave III (engraved by Benoit after Lacauchie); Mme. Williomi-Laborde as La Sirène (engraved by Mendrick); French or Belgian actor Delacroix as Borselle in Jacqueline de Bavière at the Theatre Royal de Bruxelles (two engravings of the same drawing by Baugniet); Constance Jawureck (engraved after a drawing by Baugniet); Belgian composer Martin-Joseph Mengal (engraved by Desvachez after Sanderhaert); Signor Rossi as Otello at the Theatre Italien (with heavy foxing); Delphine Ugalde in Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (engraved by Chatiniere); Adelina Patti (engraved by Riddle & Couchman from a photograph by Elliott & Fry and published in the Illustrated London News, June 16, 1883).
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