Born in the USA he was a successful actor in the US, UK and Europe.
A full length portrait of a standing man. He is dressed in striped clothes with short pantaloons over striped socks and small pumps, a striped shirt and a short jacket with a wide belt at his waist.
Ira Frederick Aldridge as Mungo in 'The Padlock'
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Paine, William
Paine, William
Paine of Islington
1802
1895
For the Paine (Islington) engravings,see the Folger Digital Library Collection at Cornell University Library. www.library.cornell.edu
http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=5822
STUDIOS: 1. 6 Hopkins Buildings, Upper Street, Islington December 1846 - 1849. Times advert December 10 1846.
2. 5 Trinity Row, Upper Street, Islington 1850 - June 18 1857. China & glass dealer here 1850 - 1852. Advert IN Jackson's Islington directory 1852 p 36. Private entrance at H Paine's china & glass warehouse.
3. 211 Upper Street, Islington June 19 1857 - 1858. Succeeded by Edward Burke.
1851: daguerreotypist living at 5 Trinity Row, Upper Street, Islington.
1881: yeoman = farmer living in Great Houghton.
Great Exhibition 1851 catalogue Class 10 no 295.
Died in Lewes, Sussex 1895.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: engravings of actors etc from daguerreotypes by Paine in: Tallis's Dramatic Magazine & General Theatrical & Musical Review 1850 - 1851.
IN Daguerreotype Society Newsletter September/October 1996 pp 25 - 26, ills.
LITERATURE: Raymond Mander & Joseph Mitchenson. Victorian & Edwardian entertainment. London, Batsford, 1978.
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