ROH Covent Garden - Silk Program Gala Performance 1889 Variant:Option 1 small scratches to right of

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well-known for his portraits of celebrities

Also included: 2 photo clippings from newspapers showing him both in role and as himself

whose real name was Leslie Lawson

Robert Kennerley Rumford

ROH Covent Garden - Silk Program Gala Performance 1889 Variant:Option 1 small scratches to right ofSilk program for a gala performance at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in honor of the visit of the Persian Shah Naser al Din to The United Kingdom on July 2, 1889, with the presence of Queen Victoria. The program included the performance of complete acts from Faust and Mefistofele, plus some short scenes from other operas, featuring artists such as Edouard and Jean De Reszke, Nelli Melba, Emma Albani, Sophia Scalchi, Lillian Nordica, and