Helena Modjeska as Cleopatra
ClassificationsPhotographs-gelatin silver prints
Subject
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
(1840 - 1909)
Date1880-1882
Made AtPoland
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 × 5 3/4 in. (20.3 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LinePresented to Museum by Myrtle Blakeslee in memory of Felix Modjeska, grandson of Madame Helena Modjeska
Object number1797
DescriptionPhotograph of Modjeska in the role of Cleopatra. Black & white, head & shoulders shot. She wears ornate headdress, costume and jewelry. There are several copies of this photograph in the collection. This original is mounted on an ivory colored matte imprinted "R. Wisniewski Fotograph Krakow Karmelicka 15". The photo itself is oval shaped. Photo is not dated but was probably taken in the early 1880's.Modjeska first played the role of Cleopatra in 1880.
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