Adah Isaacs Menken as 'Mazeppa' Portrait Print

Adah Isaacs Menken as 'Mazeppa' NPG x13339

by Charles Reutlinger

A startling example of the poet as celebrity, Menken was also an actor who rose to fame in the early 1860s in the melodrama Mazeppa (1861-66), a role that saw her wearing flesh-coloured tights whilst strapped to a horse. A savvy self-promoter, she made sure her photographic image was circulated widely. She enjoyed scandal-provoking relationships with Algernon Charles Swinburne and Alexandre Dumas, père. Her poetic volume, Infelicia (1868) was published posthumously, following her untimely death, aged thirty-three.

Extra small 102mm x 153mm £6.00

Small 297mm x 210mm £15.00

Medium 483mm x 329mm £30.00

Large 590mm x 432mm £45.00

Extra large: 840mm x 612mm £75.00

Medium Canvas Shortest edge 297mm £35.00

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border, on the paper of your choice. Please note that dimensions listed above are for the paper size only.

The Photo paper has a semi-gloss finish, ideally suited to reproductions of photographs, while the Art paper has a matt textured surface that works particularly well for reproductions of drawings, etchings and some paintings.

If selecting a frame for Photo paper small or medium, please note that the frame is black, made from solid sustainable wood in the UK, and the dimensions are:

Small: Depth 23mm / Height 332mm / Width 245mm

Medium: Depth 23mm / Height 517mm / Width 362mm