Dancer in front of a painted studio backdrop. Sydney, early 1890s.

Sepia-tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 166 x 110 mm (mount); recto of mount imprinted in gold ‘Adelaide Photo. Company. Corner of Pitt St. and Park St., Sydney. One door from Criterion Theatre.’; the print has pin holes at the corners but is otherwise excellent; the mount is a little toned (verso blank).

Fabulous studio portrait of an unidentified young woman who is likely to have been a professional dancer from the world of Sydney vaudeville. Perhaps she was performing next door at the Criterion Theatre?