Scrapbook with photograph portfolio, [ca.1860-1920] (bulk 1870-1900).

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Scrapbook with photograph portfolio, [ca.1860-1920] (bulk 1870-1900).

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The scrapbook contains an assortment of items related to both Edward Hugh Sothern and Edward Askew Sothern; the portfolio photographs are from Julia Marlowe's collection. Newspaper clippings concern personal and professional events in Edward Askew's life, as well as controversy surrounding his death. Illustrations of people and scenes were cut from newspapers to serve as drawings studies for Edward Hugh. A few sketches are present by both men. Tintypes portray each as an individual, and also in a group portrait with actor friends William J. Florence, George Holland, and Henry M. Rogers. Albumen photographs depict British landscapes, farm animals, and tourist sites in Rome. Whole pages are present of three illustrated English newspapers, "The Graphic" and "The Graphic, Paris Illustrated," from 1878-1879, and "The Referee" from 1894; also a Chinese newspaper from San Francisco, and a Turkish paper. Hotel receipts and other memorabilia are from France and Spain. Playbills from 1896 depict actors and actresses performing "The Prisoner of Zenda" at the St. James's Theatre, London. Also included are letters to Edward Hugh, ca. 1900, from writers wanting him to read their plays. The photograph portfolio consists of five undated studio portraits and one color sketch. The portraits are of Julia Marlowe, E.H. Sothern, his mother Frances Stewart Sothern, the Italian baritone Titta Ruffo, and a friend of Julia's named Constance. The sketch is of Sarah Bernhardt.

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Sothern, E. H. (Edward Hugh), 1859-1933

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Actor. From the description of E. H. Sothern papers. 1914-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980499 Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) was an American actor and author who appeared on the New York and London stages; Julia Marlowe (1865-1950) was a successful actress in New York. They became co-stars in 1904, were married in 1911, and toured, mainly in Shakespeare plays, until her final retirement in 1924. Sothern devoted much of his later years to public readings, lectures ...

Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950

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Julia Marlowe was an English actress. She married Edward Hugh Sothern on 17 August 1911. From the description of Letters : to Horace Howard Furness, Horace Howard Furness, Jr., and Louise Brooks Winsor Furness, 1890-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155868093 Julia Marlowe was an actress. She was married to Edward Sothern. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1911-1933. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat rec...

Sothern, Edward Askew, 1826-1881

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mrs. Martin, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270854240 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to J[ohn] L[awrence] Toole, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669927 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Junior Carlton Club, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126199 From the description of Autograph lett...

Sothern, Frances Stewart, d.1882

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Ruffo, Titta, 1877-1953

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