Historical Portrait
[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]
![[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile], 1887 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/lillie-langtry-head-and-shoulders-portrait-left-profile-1887-PSOmjZ8seqxOzuz0cyYI.jpg)
Archive record
1 photographic print on cabinet card.
About this photograph
This 1887 cabinet card photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Lillie Langtry in left profile. The portrait was created by Napoleon Sarony.
The Library of Congress provides no further details about the circumstances of the sitting or Langtry's reasons for being photographed at this time. Without additional documentation, the specific context for this portrait remains unknown.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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Rights & Attribution
Credit: Library of Congress
Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.
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