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Abbott as Queen of Spain, Act I, Ruy Blas by Filippo Marchetti. With her curly, dark hair gathered in a bun on top of her head as if ready to receive a crown, Emma Abbott sits for a photograph. She turns her head slightly to her right, her eyes look out confidently, and her mouth forms a spare smile. She is pictured only from the waist up. She wears a satin dress, heavily embroidered with flowering vines and birds. It is sleeveless and the neck is low-cut in a square shape. Across the back and sides of the neckline, a wing-like collar of starched lace stands up and away from the dress. From her large pearl necklace dangle strings of smaller pearls and diamonds. Her earrings are circular rings covered in pearls.
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