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Letter to Madame Modjeska, late 19th Century
Dorothy F. Wiethoff; Detroit, Michigan
Ink on pa…
Letter to Madame Modjeska
Letter to Madame Modjeska, late 19th Century
Dorothy F. Wiethoff; Detroit, Michigan
Ink on pa…
Letter to Madame Modjeska, late 19th Century Dorothy F. Wiethoff; Detroit, Michigan Ink on paper 32211.10 Bowers Museum Collection

Letter to Madame Modjeska

ClassificationsPrinted Materials-poems
Associated with Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska (1840 - 1909)
Datelate 19th Century
MediumInk on paper
Credit LineDonor Unknown
Object number32211.10
DescriptionThis handwritten poem on lined paper in honor of Madame Modjeska is dated to the late 19th century. Madame Helena Modjeska was a Polish-born stage performer who worked in Santa Ana. Admirers would throw poems and letters like these, alone with trinkets and jewelry, on stage at the end of her performances.
On View
Not on view
Madam Modjeska Doll, early 20th Century
Nascia Skovronska (Polish-born American); Orange Count…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
early 20th Century
Madame Modjeska as Marie Antoinette, 1909
Unknown Photographer
Photographic print; 26 3/8 x 2…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1891
"Forest of Arden”, Home Built in Modjeska Canyon by Madame Modjeska
, c. 1902
Photographer unk…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1902
Handmade Gold Ring Inset with Pearlescent Stone, date unknown
Maker unknown 
Gold, stone; 
1 …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
unknown
Sielanka (An Idyll), 1885
Jozef Chelmonski (Polish, 1849-1914)
Oil on canvas; 28 × 46 in.
76…
Jozef Chelmonski
1885
Sandals Worn by Modjeska in "Cleopatra", c. 1880
Unknown maker; Paris, France
Leather, wood, …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880
Madame Modjeska as "Juliet", c. 1880
New York, New York
Albumen Print Cabinet Card Photograph…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880
Armlet Worn by Modjeska in "Cleopatra", c.1880
Unknown maker; Paris, France
Gold and imitatio…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880
Madame Modjeska as "Mary Stewart", c. 1882
Unknown photographer; United States
Albumen Print …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1882
Architectural Panel, late 19th Century
Probably California; United States
Wood; 14 1/4 × 14 1…
late 19th Century
Bracelets Worn by Modjeska in "Cleopatra", c. 1880
Unknown maker; Paris, France
Gold and imit…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880