Art, Symbol & Imagination
Monna Delza: Actress Portrait from Femina, 1912
A young woman in a broad striped hat with clustered flowers rests her hands near her face. The posed studio portrait contrasts with the book’s séance cabinet images. Its caption names the actress Monna Delza and identifies its publication in Femina in April 1912.
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Photographer not identified. "Monna Delza: Actress Portrait from Femina, 1912" [editorial title]. In Phenomena of Materialisation, Albert von Schrenck-Notzing; translated by E. E. Fournier d’Albe. 1923 reissue of the first English edition; English translation by E. E. Fournier d’Albe incorporates supplementary and later material, as explained in the translator’s preface., 1923, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co.. Source scan leaf 465. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0449-0465
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Phenomena of MaterialisationAlbert von Schrenck-Notzing; translated by E. E. Fournier d’Albe1923More from this book
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De Fontenay’s Séance Photograph, 24 June 1911Related illustrations
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Photographer not identified. Monna Delza: Actress Portrait from Femina, 1912. Phenomena of Materialisation. Scan leaf 465. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0449-0465