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Tetrazzini, Luisa. (1871–1940) [Kirkland, Charles Durbin. (1851–1926)]. Signed Photograph (1911). Large and impressive full-length portrait of the celebrated Italian operatic soprano wearing a gown with a train and holding a fan in her hands, with photographer name in the negative, "Copyright 1911 - 2 / Kirkland / Denver" and signed "Kirkland /Denver" in pencil in to lower right corner. Inscribed to lower margin, "To the Kind Mr Lionel Bingham / in souvenir from / Luisa Tetrazzini / London, 21 July 1911." Photograph browned, margins creased and with small tears, with small loss to lower left corner. The photograph laid down to backing and mounted in modern brown cardboard frame. 14.5 x 11.25 inches (28.8 x 23.7 cm).
Tetrazzini made her American debut in San Francisco in 1905 and remained emotionally attached to that city, while she was not at ease with New York and with the Metropolitan Opera in particular; the 1911–12 season (during which this photograph was taken) was the only one in which she performed at the Met. She frequently toured the country, including the Midwest and West, and it can be safely assumed that Tetrazzini was in Denver for a performance when she posed for Charles Kirkland.
Born in Ohio, Kirkland was mostly active in Colorado and Wyoming and became one of the great photographers of the early American West. He is sometimes credited with inventing the gelatin chloride photographic process, but this is disputed. The photo belongs to a series taken by Kirkland that the Library of Congress dates to February 16, 1911.
"Lionel Bingham" can be tentatively identified as Lord Lionel Bingham of Lucan (1876–1927), a British nobleman born and based in London.
Tetrazzini, Luisa. (1871–1940) [Kirkland, Charles Durbin. (1851–1926)]. Signed Photograph (1911). Large and impressive full-length portrait of the celebrated Italian operatic soprano wearing a gown with a train and holding a fan in her hands, with photographer name in the negative, "Copyright 1911 - 2 / Kirkland / Denver" and signed "Kirkland /Denver" in pencil in to lower right corner. Inscribed to lower margin, "To the Kind Mr Lionel Bingham / in souvenir from / Luisa Tetrazzini / London, 21 July 1911." Photograph browned, margins creased and with small tears, with small loss to lower left corner. The photograph laid down to backing and mounted in modern brown cardboard frame. 14.5 x 11.25 inches (28.8 x 23.7 cm).
Tetrazzini made her American debut in San Francisco in 1905 and remained emotionally attached to that city, while she was not at ease with New York and with the Metropolitan Opera in particular; the 1911–12 season (during which this photograph was taken) was the only one in which she performed at the Met. She frequently toured the country, including the Midwest and West, and it can be safely assumed that Tetrazzini was in Denver for a performance when she posed for Charles Kirkland.
Born in Ohio, Kirkland was mostly active in Colorado and Wyoming and became one of the great photographers of the early American West. He is sometimes credited with inventing the gelatin chloride photographic process, but this is disputed. The photo belongs to a series taken by Kirkland that the Library of Congress dates to February 16, 1911.
"Lionel Bingham" can be tentatively identified as Lord Lionel Bingham of Lucan (1876–1927), a British nobleman born and based in London.