Accession number
PML 199092
Creator
Barabás, Miklós, artist, lithographer.
Published
Pesten, [ca. 1857]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2024.
Notes
2nd state, updated to include Aldridge's 1857 Prussian award.
Caption text in English and German: Member of the order of Art and Science conferred by His Majesty King William 4th of Prussia and holder of the Medal of Leopold and the White Cross etc. etc. Inhaber des Ordens für Kunst und Wissenschaft, von seiner Majestät dem Könige von Preussen ihm verlichen, der Medaille Leopold und des weissen Kreuzes etc. etc.
Image by Miklós Barabás (1810-1898), first composed in 1853 for performances at the Hungarian National Theater.
With his signature supplied in facsimile.
Caption text in English and German: Member of the order of Art and Science conferred by His Majesty King William 4th of Prussia and holder of the Medal of Leopold and the White Cross etc. etc. Inhaber des Ordens für Kunst und Wissenschaft, von seiner Majestät dem Könige von Preussen ihm verlichen, der Medaille Leopold und des weissen Kreuzes etc. etc.
Image by Miklós Barabás (1810-1898), first composed in 1853 for performances at the Hungarian National Theater.
With his signature supplied in facsimile.
Description
1 print : lithograph portrait, b&w ; sheet 39 x 32 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
“Madame Arline Bach with the best wishes of Ira Aldridge.” -- signed and adhered to print, dated "Berlin, 1861"
Provenance
Purchased in 2024.
Summary
Three-quarter portrait of Ira Aldridge, African-American actor, face turned three quarters to the right, with book in hand.
Classification
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