Contributor |
Rowse, Samuel Worcester, 1822-1901, engraver. |
Title |
Kimberly, Miss, b. 1818. |
Alternate title |
Miss E. Kimberly, as a Shakespearian reader. |
Publisher |
[Boston? : s.n.] |
Date |
[1852?] |
Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 19.1 x 14 cm. |
Description |
Three-quarter length portrait of Miss Kimberly, wearing earrings, a bracelet, and a cross necklace with a flower in her hair. |
Notes |
In Gleason's pictorial drawing-room companion, vol. 2, no. 23 (Boston, June 5, 1852), p. 361. "The likeness we give herewith
is by our artist, Mr Rowse".
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The actress, also known as Sophia Elizabeth Munson Roberts, adopted Miss Kimberly as her stage name. |
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"'You will see by the literature I enclose that I am occupied in aiding in the control of the only insurance company in the
world organized and conducted by women,-- myself being the originator of the project. I also conduct a family hotel comprising
the block between 21ist and 22nd Sts. My life has been passed in all absorbing labor, mental and physical.' We learn from
Mrs. Harriet Bradley Jackson that Sophia was formerly an actress became quite a performer and went all round. She was known
in the profession as Miss Kimberly which was her mother's maiden name. Another adds that she was a Shakespearean reader. Her
husband was an actor also. After she left the stage she practiced medicine."--Munson, M.A. 1637-1887 The Munson record, v.
2 (New Haven, 1896), p. 963.
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Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859. |
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Engravings -- 1850-1859. |
Subject |
Kimberly, Miss, b. 1818 -- Portraits. |
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Actresses. |
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Women. |
Is part of |
Portraits of American Women |
Has format |
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