This cabinet card shows Charlotte Cushman with her longtime companion sculptor Emma Stebbins. The tw
This cabinet card shows Charlotte Cushman with her longtime companion sculptor Emma Stebbins. The two first met as in the context of a vibrant circle of American expatriate artists that gathered in Rome during the 1850s. The two exchanged unofficial vows and considered themselves married, remaining together until Cushman’s death in 1876. TCS 2Houghton Library, Harvard University -- source link
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