Aino Ackte, soprano, in revealing costume as Salome
Illustration Aino Ackte as Salome, with empty platter. Captioned, Salome without the Baptist's Head! Aino Ackte (1876-1944), Finnish soprano, had recently been cast to play Salome, in the long-forbidden opera. The Censor had judged that the performance should take place without the Baptist's head. Norman, Macnamara, Morrow, cartoonist, illustrator, artist, art, 1910, 1910s, 20th, century
Picture No
13564224
Media ID
46786759
Size
2796px x 5000px
(3.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Dover Street Studios, The Bystander, 7 December, 1910, p472
Date
1910
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