Melle. Rachel, dans Adrienne Lecouvreur
1849
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1849
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Melle. Rachel, dans Adrienne Lecouvreur is a 1849 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print shows an actress on stage. She's dressed in a fancy costume. The actress is Elisabeth Rachel Félix, also known as Mademoiselle Rachel, and she's playing the title role in a play called Adrienne Lecouvreur. This play was first staged in 1849, and Mademoiselle Rachel created the title role. She was a famous actress at the time. The print is hand colored, which makes it more interesting. You can learn more about this type of art at the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.
A hand-coloured print depicts the French actress Élisabeth Rachel Félix (1821–1858), known as Mademoiselle Rachel, in the role of Adrienne Lecouvreur from Augustin Eugène Scribe’s play of the same name. The image shows her in costume for the second act of the 1849 production, which marked the premiere of the role at the Théâtre de la République. The print was donated to the British Theatre Museum Association by Ivor Guest in January 1962.
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