Research Catalog

Title

Miss Lillian Russell as "The queen of brilliants" / cabinet photograph by Alfred Ellis.

Publication

London (20, Upper Baker St., London. N.W.) : Alfred Ellis, c1894.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jakobowski, Edward, 1858-
• Brandon, Thomas, 1856-1914.
• Alfred Ellis (London, Eng.) pht
• Lillian Russell Light Opera Company.

Description

1 cabinet photograph : b&w; 17 x 11 cm.

Summary

Lillian Russell dressed as Betta, the countess in The Queen of Brilliants, produced by the Lillian Russell Light Opera Company, music by Edward Jakobowski, libretto by Brandon Thomas, based on the Viennese comic opera Die Brillantenkönigen by Theodor Taube and Isidor Fuchs.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.

Series Statement

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Subjects

• Cabinet photographs
• Operas & operettas > England > London > 1891-1900
• Operas & operettas > New York (State) > New York > 1891-1900
• Musical theater > England > London
• Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
• Russell, Lillian, 1861-1922
• Photographs

Genre/Form

Cabinet photographs.

Note

• Photographer's no. 17132-20 on verso.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography (note)

• Jacobowski's opera was considered a failure but did have performances in both the United States and England, opening in London Sept. 8, 1894 at Henry Irving's Royal Lyceium Theatre and later at Abbey's Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 7-Dec. 3, 1894.

Call Number

*T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 20)

OCLC

NYPG98-F896

Title

Miss Lillian Russell as "The queen of brilliants" / cabinet photograph by Alfred Ellis.

Imprint

London (20, Upper Baker St., London. N.W.) : Alfred Ellis, c1894.

Series

Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923

Additional Formats

Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.

Biography

Jacobowski's opera was considered a failure but did have performances in both the United States and England, opening in London Sept. 8, 1894 at Henry Irving's Royal Lyceium Theatre and later at Abbey's Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 7-Dec. 3, 1894.

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Indexed Term

Photographs

Added Author

Jakobowski, Edward, 1858- Queen of brilliants.

Brandon, Thomas, 1856-1914.

Alfred Ellis (London, Eng.) Photographer

Lillian Russell Light Opera Company.

Research Call Number

*T-Pho A (Russell, Lillian, no. 20)