1914 Print Portrait May Fortescue Actress Singer Manager Gilbert Costume XMD5 XGOA8 and still life subjects

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1914 Print Portrait May Fortescue Actress Singer Manager Gilbert Costume XMD5 XGOA8 and still life subjects"Miss Fortescue" This is an original 1914 black and white halftone print portrait of Miss May Fortescue. Fortescue was an actress, singer and actor manager of the Victorian era and a protg of playwright W. S. Gilbert. She was a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1881 to 1883, when she left the company due to an engagement to a nobleman, young Arthur William Cairns, Lord Garmoyle. Cairns soon broke off the engagement under pressure from his