Clara Louise Kellogg ~ soprano
Soprano Clara Louise Kellogg [12th July 1842 – 13th May 1916] was recognised as the first American prima donna of opera. Her fame dates from her 1862 New York performance of Marguerite in Faust.
The photograph above is a C.d.V by ‘Sarony’ , 680, Broadway, from the period of 1870’s
You can read her full obituary from the New York Times of 14th May 1916 via this link.
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B01E...
# The brothers Sarony ~ Napoleon and Oliver - both born in Quebec.
Oliver Sarony [1820 – 1879] opened his studio at Gainsborough House in Scarborough in 1858 and it became enormously successful. The ‘Photographic News’ of 1877 announced that Oliver Sarony’s premises was probably the largest establishment devoted to photography in the world.
The studio brought so much business to the town that the square in which it was situated was renamed ‘Sarony Square’.
Napoleon Sarony [1821 - 1896]
In 1864 he apprenticed himself to his brother, Oliver, at his English studios at Scarborough. After about a year he went to Birmingham, England and opened his own shared studios. In 1866 he returned to the USA and opened his New York studio at 680 Broadway.
Clara Louise Kellogg ~ soprano
Soprano Clara Louise Kellogg [12th July 1842 – 13th May 1916] was recognised as the first American prima donna of opera. Her fame dates from her 1862 New York performance of Marguerite in Faust.
The photograph above is a C.d.V by ‘Sarony’ , 680, Broadway, from the period of 1870’s
You can read her full obituary from the New York Times of 14th May 1916 via this link.
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B01E...
# The brothers Sarony ~ Napoleon and Oliver - both born in Quebec.
Oliver Sarony [1820 – 1879] opened his studio at Gainsborough House in Scarborough in 1858 and it became enormously successful. The ‘Photographic News’ of 1877 announced that Oliver Sarony’s premises was probably the largest establishment devoted to photography in the world.
The studio brought so much business to the town that the square in which it was situated was renamed ‘Sarony Square’.
Napoleon Sarony [1821 - 1896]
In 1864 he apprenticed himself to his brother, Oliver, at his English studios at Scarborough. After about a year he went to Birmingham, England and opened his own shared studios. In 1866 he returned to the USA and opened his New York studio at 680 Broadway.