Portrait of Jessie Bartlett Davis as Cynisca by Max Platz, Chicago, 1889
1889 / Platz, Max (1850-1894)
Collection: Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
Black and white portrait of Jessie Bartlett Davis in costume as Cynisca from Pygmalion and Galatea. Handwritten on image: "Sincerely yours / Jessie Bartlett Davis / 1889 / 'I see it all I / have returned too soon.' / Galatea." On back of image: "Max Platz, / Photographer, / 88 N. Clark Street, / Chicago."
~ Platz, Max (1850-1894), “Portrait of Jessie Bartlett Davis as Cynisca by Max Platz, Chicago, 1889,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 3, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/index.php/items/show/2329.
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Title
Portrait of Jessie Bartlett Davis as Cynisca by Max Platz, Chicago, 1889
Subject
Davis, Jessie Bartlett (1860-1905)
Studio portraits
Single-sitter portraits
Description
Black and white portrait of Jessie Bartlett Davis in costume as Cynisca from Pygmalion and Galatea. Handwritten on image: "Sincerely yours / Jessie Bartlett Davis / 1889 / 'I see it all I / have returned too soon.' / Galatea." On back of image: "Max Platz, / Photographer, / 88 N. Clark Street, / Chicago."
Creator
Platz, Max (1850-1894)
Source
Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
Publisher
Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections
Date
1889
Format
Jpg derived from Tif
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL2017IIPhotoB_4_12