Studio portrait of Helen Lemmens-Sherrington, English operatic soprano. London, circa 1870.

LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY

Beschreibung

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 101 x 62 mm (mount); recto with fully contemporary inscription in ink 'Mdlle. Lemens [sic] Sherrington',verso with imprint of the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; both the print and mount are in excellent condition (corners of mount clipped). 'Helen Lemmens-Sherrington(1834-1906) was an English concert and operaticsopranoprominent from the 1850s to the 1880s. Born in northern England, she spent much of her childhood and later life in Belgium, where she studied at theBrussels Conservatory. After engagements in mainland Europe she made her London debut in 1856. Her singing career was mostly in concert, but in the first half of the 1860s she appeared in opera atCovent Gardenand other leading London theatres.After she retired from performing, Lemmens-Sherrington became a teacher, at her old music college in Brussels, and at theRoyal Academy of Musicin London and theRoyal Manchester College of Music.' (Wiki.). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 36811

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Studio portrait of Helen Lemmens-Sherrington...