Miss De Camp .
£75.00
Details
The Kemble Theatrical Dynasy .
Publisher
Published by John P. Thompson, Great Newport Street and No. 51 Dean Street, Soho,
Place
London
Date
Oct. 6th 1802
Synopsis
The portrait depicts miss decamp [marie therese de camp] as urania, one of the nine muses, and patron of astronomy. she is shown striking a classical pose, wearing a flowing mantle and a dress covered in tiny stars.
Item Description
Lithograph portrait, 7.1/4 x 10 3/4 inches including engraved border with title and dedication. Marie Therese de camp was born in 1774, daughter of a French Army Officer and a Swiss mother. From an early age she showed talent as a dancer and performer and by the mid-1790's was playing at the Haymarket and Drury lane theatres and went on to write a number of plays. She married Charles Kemble, who with his sister Sarah (later Mrs Siddons) and brother John Philip, had made the acting profession 'respectable'. The kemble theatrical dynasty continued with Marie Therese's daughter Fanny, a noted actress and author, whose younger sister was opera singer Adelaide Kemble.
[Stock No. 27882]
