[DUMAS (Alexandre, père, 1802-1870, French novelist and dramatist, Author of The Three Musketeers) and Adah Isaacs MENKEN (1835-1868, American Actress, Painter and Poet)

Unsigned carte de visite photo showing him seated in a chair, with her draped lovingly over his shoulders, 4" x 2½", no place, no date but

She was best known for her performance in the melodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. She played in a sold-out run of Les pirates de la savanne in Paris in 1866. She was delighted with her reception in France. She had an affair with Dumas which was considered somewhat scandalous as he was more than twice her age.

Item Date:  1866

Stock No:  38417      £275

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