Photograph of Amanda Ira Aldridge

Title

Photograph of Amanda Ira Aldridge

Subject

Ring, Montague; Aldridge, Amanda Ira; Aldridge, Ira Frederick, -1867

Description

Black and white photograph of Amanda Ira Aldridge. Born in 1866, she was the daughter of Shakespearean actor Ira Frederick Aldridge, who died in 1867. Amanda composed and published music in London under the pen name Montague Ring. Her mother was Ira Aldridge's second wife, 'Baroness' Amanda von Brandt.

Source

Herbert Marshall collection of Ira Aldridge, 1831-1977, 1/3/MSS 139: Box 5, Folder 3

Publisher

Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Contributor

Hamilton-Brehm, Anne Marie, 1970-

Rights

For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Phone: + 1 (618) 453-2516. Email: http://reftrack.lib.siu.edu/reft100.aspx?key=SCRCEmail&cllcid=SCRR

Files

Ira_Aldridge-004_crop.jpg

Citation

“Photograph of Amanda Ira Aldridge,” SCRC Virtual Museum at Southern Illinois University's Morris Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://scrcexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/461.

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