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Emma Abbott plays the mad scene from the Ambroise Thomas opera Hamlet in this black and white photograph. She poses with her right hand touching her forehead. She faces forward, but her eyes look to the right and slightly upward, and she appears anxious. She is wearing a wreath of dried materials and her long, dark hair falls over her shoulder to below her waist. Her left arm rests at her side and she holds a white, lacey scarf that holds a clutch of freshly cut wild flowers. Her sleeveless, full-length dress is white. It has a panel of lace around the neckline and across the top of the bodice. The waist is tightly cinched. The smooth, tight bodice extends below the waist and ends in a three-inch band of embroidered lace that dips into a v-form at the front. The soft, layered skirt is full from the hips to the floor.
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