HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (American, 1872-1952). Portrait of Julia Marlowe as Rosalind in As You Like It, 1899. Pastel on ...

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HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY (American, 1872-1952)
Portrait of Julia Marlowe as Rosalind in As You Like It, 1899
Pastel on board
40 x 24-5/8 inches (101.6 x 62.5 cm)
Signed and dated with publisher's stamp lower center: Howard Chandler Christy '99
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

The present work depicts actress Julia Marlowe as heroine Rosalind in William Shakespeare's, As You Like It, possibly performed at the Tompkins Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, January 27, 1890.

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