Signature "Mary F. Scott Siddons" and subscription from an Autograph Letter Signed (Mary Frances, c.1840-1896, Mrs. T. Chanter, Actress) por SCOTT-SIDDONS

No binding. Very Good. Head and shoulders portrait. New York, Gurney. Ca. 104 x 63 mm. Light staining, soiling, and foxing. "Mary Frances Scott Siddons was a member of the great acting dynasty established by Roger Kemble in the eighteenth century and the great-granddaughter of the famous actress of the Regency period, Sarah Siddons. She... made her professional debut at Nottingham as Lady Macbeth. She first appeared in London in 1867 as Rosalind in As You Like It at the Haymarket Theatre. Her American debut was at the Boston Museum and her New York debut at the Worrell Sisters' Theatre in 1868. She joined Augustin Daly's company in New York in 1869." From the Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography online.

Waist-length portrait, seated. Facsimile signature to lower mount "Mary F. Scott-Siddons." From the studio of Sarony, New York, with studio details printed to lower margin. Undated, but ca. 1895. 166 x 108 mm; corners rounded. Slightly browned, foxed, and warped; two file holes to left margin. Born in India as the great-granddaughter of the most famous English actress of the eighteenth century, Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Mary Frances Siddons came to England as a teenager and soon followed her ancestor's footsteps. She appeared on the American stage in 1867-69 and again in the 1890s. "Her theatrical experiences in this country lasted a number of years and were presumably profitable. As an actress, however, her style was amateurish and her manner cold... For a number of years the sales of her photographs were very large. She was a remarkably good subject for the camera." The New York Times, obituary, November 20, 1896.

Loanda Lodge, 6 January 1887. 2 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, in good condition, a few minor stains only. Mary Frances Scott-Siddons (1844-1896), popular actress in England, Australia and America. She was the great-granddaughter of Sarah Siddons.

Chicago, 1888. 1 page. Old folds. VG. 1 page. Siddons was popular actress and great-grandadaughter of Sarah Siddons.