Geneviève Ward, c. 1875
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Acting was Geneviève Ward’s back-up profession; her career as an opera singer was cut short when diphtheria destroyed her singing voice. She was so talented that by the time Napoleon Sarony made this portrait of her, she was appearing in plays written expressly for her.
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Napoleon Sarony, New York, New York
Geneviève Ward, c. 1875
Albumen silver print
Museum of the City of New York, gift of Miss Mary F. Hackley, 1934
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Source: lacma.org