
Jane Cowl as Cleopatra in “Antony and Cleopatra”, 1924 / src: Museum of the city of New York
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Jane Cowl as Cleopatra in “Antony and Cleopatra”, 1924 / src: Museum of the city of New York


Joseph Pennell :: Portrait of two women, one wearing man’s suit, 1898 / related post, here


Cecil Beaton :: Portrait of Nancy Beaton (Beaton’s sister) at the Mirror Holding a Daisy, Age 17, ca. 1926 / src: The Metropolitan Museum
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Underwood & Underwood :: Publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a hat composed mostly of wires, ca. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: “William Fox presents Valeska Suratt in photo plays supreme released through Fox Film Corporation”. /
source: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Stage, silent era actress and vamp Valeska Suratt, in a tall dark hat, stares intensely at the camera while holding a vase against her cheek, 1917 (Fox Film publicity photograph) /
source: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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