Title: Adah Isaacs Menken Description: Adah Isaacs Menken (1835-1868), American actress and dancer, who appeared in minstrel shows and is best known for her appearance in Mazeppa, where, in San Francisco, on August 24, 1863, she provocatively rode across the stage strapped to a horse bareback and wearing only tights, which established her scandalous stage reputation that pioneered burlesque productions; this provocative act was duplicated by Sophia Loren as the star of Mazeppa in the 1960 film Heller in Pink Tights; burlesque; Category: Authors Keywords: horses, performing arts, stage productions, theatrical productions Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1275 x 1306 (1.67 MPixels) (1.02) Print Size: 10.8 x 11.1 cm; 4.3 x 4.4 inches File Size: 4.77 MB (5,000,900 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000056283 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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