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Essie Jenyns as Viola in Twelfth night, 1886 / photographer unknown

Essie Jenyns as Viola in Twelfth night, 1886 / photographer unknown

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmmyXn

Essie Jenyns as Viola in Twelfth night, 1886 / photographer unknown

About this item

Full title

Essie Jenyns as Viola in Twelfth night, 1886 / photographer unknown

Date

1886

Call Numbers

P1/1991

Record Identifier

YEGmmyXn

Reference Code

901700
Physical Description

Contents

1 photographic print - 16.5 x 12 cm - cabinet

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Item

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Out of copyright : Created before 1955

Issue Copy

Digitised

More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

Essie Jenyns as Viola in Twelfth night, 1886 / photographer unknown

Notes

General note

Transferred from P1/Wood, Mrs Essie (BM), September 2010

Digital order no:a4366091

Signature / Inscriptions

"Essie Jenyns as Viola, 1886" -- in ink in Marr Thompson's hand on the lower edge

"In her day Sydney's most celebrated Shakespearean actress with her step-father Wm. Holloway" -- in ink in Marr Thompson's hand on the reverse

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Gerald Marr Thompson, March 1938

Administrative / Biographical history

Essie Jenyns retired from the stage in 1887 to marry John R. Wood of Newcastle in St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney

Reference:
Sydney Morning Herald, 6th December 1888

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

P1/1991

Record Identifier

YEGmmyXn

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YEGmmyXn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

901700

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