A Brief History of the Portrait:  This particular portrait print is the FIRST OIL PORTRAIT that Lillian Russell EVER ALLOWED by the famous artist Maurice Ingres.   Ms. Russell commissioned the artist to paint her for a gift she would present to a "dear" friend.  This Masterpiece Reproduction cannot be purchased anywhere else.  We are the sole suppliers and owners of this high quality art reproduction of the 27th Birthday Portrait of Lillian Russell.

LILLIAN RUSSELL PORTRAIT (1887)
(Masterpiece Reproduction - Limited Release)

PORTRAIT IS READY TO FRAME OR DISPLAY AS IS   .. This is a limited production offering.  We are sole owners of the original.  The original will remain in our vaults and is not for sale.

Our reproductions painstakingly reproduce the exact features and colors of the original.  You will own a portrait that is a "one-of-a-kind" and not available anywhere in the world.  Grace Your Walls with this Beautiful Canvas.

This portrait is a timeless treasure and will last.   We only use the highest quality fabric, heavyweight artist canvas in our work. 

Every room needs a focal point.  Why not an eye-catching period piece THAT IS A COLLECTOR ITEM.   A piece that is not in the mass market.   The portrait is a powerful image of Lovely Lillian Russell the Queen of Comedy and Operetta in the late 1800's.  The portrait is not only decorative but adds powerful colors to your room.   Our paintings are used as unusual gifts for someone who has everything.  This is a MAGNIFICENT LIVING ROOM PORTRAIT. 

ABOUT LILLIAN RUSSELL:  Born Helen Louise Leonard, December 4, 1860, in Clinton, Iowa, "Nellie" (as her family called her) was destined to become "An American Beauty." Undoubtedly the most photographed woman of her time, a blonde bombshell imitated even by Marilyn Monroe, and as buxom as Dolly Parton, Lillian Russell was the queen of the American stage.

Her introduction to the theater was in 1878 as a chorus girl in Pinafore. Two years later, Tony Pastor, the "father of Vaudeville," introduced her as Lillian Russell, the "English ballad singer," and extolled her as "a vision of loveliness and a voice of gold." She soon went on to become the first lady of light comic opera. She was known as a diva, and referred to as "the peerless prima-donna."

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ACTUAL ARTIST SIGNATURE ON THE PORTRAIT