Kate Girard

Mora of New Yorkc. 1885

National Portrait Gallery
Canberra, Australia

Kate Girard (1860-1897) was a Tasmanian-born actress who performed on the Victorian goldfields before heading to America for a time from the late 1870s. Reports of her in Australian newspapers in the 1880s mention her performances as a member of an acrobatic troupe. She died in New York in 1897 having suffered a bout of pneumonia.

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Title: Kate Girard
Creator: Mora of New York
Date Created: c. 1885
Physical Dimensions: support: 10.5 x 6.3 cm, image: 9.1 x 5.8 cm
Provenance: Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Rights: https://www.portrait.gov.au/form-image-request.php
External Link: https://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2009.77
Medium: Carte de visite photograph

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