Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Algernon Charles Swinburne; Adah Isaacs Menken NPG 6251(60)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Harry Furniss

Menken made her acting debut in New Orleans in 1857, and first appeared on stage in New York two years later. It was not until she opened in a dramatic adaptation of Lord Byron's Mazeppa, in 1861, that she achieved lasting recognition. Appearing in the play's climactic scene apparently (though not actually) nude and strapped to a running horse, she created a sensation. Menken's fame preceded her to London, where she opened in Mazeppa in 1864. The production was a huge success, and her... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.