Adah Menken, PH8724, Adah Isaacs Menken, between 1850 and 1900

Author(s): anonymous, photographer production date: between 1850 and 1900 dating in centuries: 2nd half of the 19th century type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts name(s): stereoscopic view dimensions - artwork: height: 7. 9cm width: 7. 1cm dimensions - original assembly: height: 8. 5cm width: 17. 3cm marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: inscription concerning the title - on the reverse, at the top, handwritten legend: "adah menken" \ inscription in ink inscription concerning the title - on the reverse, on the right side (vertically), handwritten legend: "niss adah menken". Lower down, added in pencil: "1836 or 1841 - 1868 mime / dancer / tragedian / horsewoman / and / novelist / american" \ inscription in ink stamp - on the back, at the top, stamp in purple ink: "musee carnavalet / coll viot. E. 13. 679" \ inscription in ink stamp - on the front, between the two images, oval stamp in purple ink: "ville / de paris". Iconographic description: adah menken. Portrait. The actress is standing in a setting. She pretends to hear a noise. Acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: viot (mr) institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: ph8724. Date: between 1850 and 1900.