Lola Montez

Hawes, Josiah Johnson (1808-1901)

Southworth, Albert Sands (1811-1894)

Southworth & Hawes (active 1843–1863) (workshop of)


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
ca. 1850
Height:
21.6 cm  (8 1/2 in.)
Width:
16.5 cm  (6 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
daguerreotype

Description

A female figure, in a 3/4 length shot, leans against what appears to be a plaid piece of material, draped over perhaps a chair back. Her arms are crossed at the wrists, and she holds a cigarette in her left hand.

People as subjects

Montez, Lola (1818-1861) (Dancer)

Iconclass

48C8311
portrait of dancer

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Lola Montez (1818-1861), born in Ireland as Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, was a strikingly beautiful adventuress and "Spanish" dancer who achieved international notoriety as the mistress of King Louis I of Bavaria. (From Metropolitan Museum of Art website)

RIdIM record id

5088

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