Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
Carte de visite of Adah Isaacs Menken in role of Ms. Zeppa. by C.H. Reutinger. Fine condition. Adah Isaacs Menken, also known as Ada Bertha Théodore and Ada C. McCord (1835-1868), was an American actress, painter and poet, the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the melodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After great success for a few years with the play in New York and San Francisco, she appeared in a production in London and Paris, from 1864 to 1866. She was so well known internationally at the time that she was called "the Menken". After a brief trip back to the United States, she returned to Europe. She became ill within two years and died in Paris at age 33.
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