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Modjeska as "Ophelia", 1889
Unknown Photographer
Gelatin silver print; 12 × 7 1/2 in. 
1562B…
Helena Modjeska as Ophelia
Modjeska as "Ophelia", 1889
Unknown Photographer
Gelatin silver print; 12 × 7 1/2 in. 
1562B…
Modjeska as "Ophelia", 1889 Unknown Photographer Gelatin silver print; 12 × 7 1/2 in. 1562B Gift of Percy F. Rice

Helena Modjeska as Ophelia

ClassificationsPhotographs-gelatin silver prints
Subject Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska (1840 - 1909)
Date1889
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions12 × 7 1/2 in. (30.5 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Percy F. Rice
Object number1562B
DescriptionPhotograph of Helena Modjeska in the role of Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Autographed: "For Mrs. James S. Rice, with love of Helena Modjeska 1889." With wooden frame, painted silver, and under glass.

Number also given to deaccessioned W. B. Murbarger object which says on card SEE DEACCESSION CARD IN LENDER FILE. --
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