| Another view of Harry ( Henry James) Montague as Captain Molyneux ( I have seen him billed as Captain Molineauex) in the 1875 production of the play The Shaughraun. I have seen this specific pose being sold as a portrait of a real British officer! Henry James Montague is often though of as an American actor although he was born in England under the name of Henry James Mann. George Odell wrote of him: "Montague became at once the accepted matinée idol; he was handsome, gentle and gentlemanly, a perfect specimen of refined English manhood. New York had seen nothing like him before; he had the faculty of making most other leading men seem boorish, ill‐dressed, and possibly a bit vulgar. ... His photographs by Mora and Sarony were soon on every dressing‐table." Montague died at the early age of 34. His funeral was mentioned New York Times of 22 August, 1878: "The mortal remains of Henry J. Montague were laid to rest yesterday within the quiet precincts of Green-Wood Cemetery. No elaborate ceremonies were performed over the coffin, but a thousand mourners, many of them weeping attend the services in "The Little Church Around the Corner," and as many more followed the hearse to the cemetery. The funeral services were carried out in accordance with the programme previously arranged." Carte de Visite (trimmed) Sarony - Photographer 37 Union Square, New York, New York, U.S.A. 1875 |
