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Portrait of Madge Macbeth striking a Loie Fuller inspired dance pose (pose 4)

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Item

Date:

1895.

Reference:

R2057-31-2-E, Volume number: 22

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3796828

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Madge Macbeth fonds

Portraits of Madge Macbeth

Portrait of Madge Macbeth striking a Loie Fuller inspired dance pose (pose 4)
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Date(s):

1895.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 photograph : albumen ; 12.5 x 8.6 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - albumen

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a posed, full-length studio portrait of Madge Macbeth as a teenager, taken during the period when she was a student at Hellmuth College, London, Ontario. In this pose, Macbeth is shown with her back to the viewer, holding the corners of her skirts up high with both hands.
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Associated name: Macbeth, Madge, 1878-1965

Associated name: Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928

Photographer: Westlake, F.G
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Physical description note:

Mounted to card

Accompanying material note:

A typewritten slip was stored with one of the photographs (MIKAN 3796481) from this sitting : Lois (sp) Fuller had made this type of dancing popular. At first, the Hell / muth staff discouraged such performances, but soon they gathered where / my entertainment took place and applauded decorously.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Photographer's name is embossed on the card, l. l. recto

Related material:

5 additional photographs, taken during this sitting, exist in this series ; 4 of these reflect different dance poses

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2007-00692-8
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada

Volume [R2057]

[Consultation 90 Open]

22 Item no. assigned by LAC 31

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit line : Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R2057-31
Copyright : Expired
Restrictions on use : None

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