PANKHURST (Emmeline, 1858-1928, Leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement)

Autograph Envelope addressed to "Miss Pankhurst" her daughter Dame CHRISTABEL (1880-1958, Suffragette, Eldest Daughter of Emmeline) at 29 Bedford Square, on the verso of a Postcard Photo signed of Robert TABER (1865-1904, American Broadway Actor) taken in 1902, 5½" x 3½", mounted with a photo of Pankhurst, postmarked London, 29th May

Robert Taber died in 1904, aged 39, from pleurisy at a refuge in the Adirondack Mountains provided for him by his ex-wife Julia Marlowe (1865-1950, English born, American Actress). They married in May 1894 in Philadelphia, separated in 1899 and divorced in 1900 owing to "incompatibility of temper and professional jealousy." His affair in 1903 with British actress Lena Ashwell led to her divorce from her husband, Arthur Playfair. He was made destitute by his illness.

Item Date:  1903

Stock No:  41485      £275

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