Title |
Burns, Ella Virginia. |
Alternate title |
"Little Ella" Virginia Burns. |
Publisher |
[New York? : s.n.] |
Date |
[1859?] |
Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 11.9 x 7.5 cm. |
Description |
Full-length portrait of the young girl holding her hands across her waist. |
Notes |
In The American phrenological journal, vol. 29 (Jan., 1859), p. 1. |
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At the age of four Ella Burns was a national celebrity, renowned for her captivating public readings and poetry recitations. |
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“Without ever having been taught spelling or the alphabet, but having herself picked up a knowledge of words by intuitive
quickness of eye, [Ella] takes any book of poetry presented to her and reads verses she has never before seen, with a cadence
and a pronunciation which do the fullest justice to the sense and rhythm.”--P. 2.
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Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859. |
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Engravings -- 1850-1859. |
Subject |
Burns, Ella Virginia -- Portraits. |
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Women. |
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Phrenology. |
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Girls. |
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Gifted children. |