Lady Actressさんのイラストまとめ

This portrait comes from Abner D. Jones, ed. The Illustrated American Biography, vol. 3 (1855), p. 255. I feel confident in my minor corrections to Mowatt’s brow and eyelids here because this portrait is based on the photo used for her 1854 autobiography. #AnnaCoraMowatt

Colorization of photo actress/author circa 1854. Fixed stain in the middle of her forehead. The copy comes with what purports to be a lock of her hair which seems to be more strawberry blonde rather than the auburn shade people usually describe her color. #AnnaCoraMowatt

Anna Cora Mowatt wasn't the only celebrity in her family. Her younger sister, Mary, was married to Cephas Giovanni Thompson, a well-known portrait painter. #AnnaCoraMowatt

Colorization of another Mowatt portrait I'm looking for a high rez copy of. This one is Alfred Harral's 1848 portrait for Howitt's Journal issue 63, Vol. 3. #AnnaCoraMowatt #TheatreHistory #VictorianActress

Anna Cora Mowatt and the Profitable Pursuit of Poetry https://t.co/RZF9KQlQSQ

One more picture - A drawing of Anna Cora Mowatt that I think was based on photographs made to publicize her autobiography in 1854.

Still working on my bio of Walter Watts. Here's an interior of his 1850 re-model of the Royal Olympic Theater in London