Bessie Weatherstone Aladdin Victorian Pantomime Actress Hand Signed Photo

NP148  Antique 5.5" x 3.5" hand signed photo for Miss Bessie Weatherstone famous Edwardian & Victorian pantomime actress who tragically passed in 1907 who has personally autographed the souvenir where her signature rests perfectly accompanying her portrait bar some age fading this is outstanding condition and the autograph is undedicated too.

Pantomime Loss.
'Sad Death of Miss Bessie Featherstone.
'Regret is widespread in theatrical circles at the death, after four days' illness, of a clever burlesque actress, Miss Bessie Featherstone. She died at Newcastle, where she had been nightly capturing all hearts in Aladdin at the Tyne Theatre.
'Miss Featherstone died of typhoid on Tuesday, and on the stage that evening everyone was in mourning, from Harry Lauder, the principal comedian, who plays the part of ''The Wandering Scot,'' down to the call-boy. Miss Featherstone was the friend of all of them.
'After the long rehearsals necessary for such a big production, Miss Featherstone found herself suffering from strain, and she was not surprised when, after having played the name part for two nights, she fell ill and had to resign her part to her understudy.
'Then came a shock which made her condition still more serious. On the same day she heard of her husband's death.
'She gradually grew weaker, and soon one of the most popular pantomime artists in the country passed away. She had made a tremendous success last year at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, in the same part, and for years she has been playing leads in the pantomimes produced in different big towns by Messrs. Howard and Wyndham.'
(Weekly Dispatch, London, Sunday, 6 January 1907)