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Miss Menken as Mazeppa

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Date: 1861–1868
Medium: Albumen silver print
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of Adah Isaacs Menken preforming in Mazeppa. She lies on her side, propped up on one elbow with her eyes closed, as a man in a turban with a large beard holds on to the wrist of her other arm, which she extends out behind her.

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