Josephine Clifton
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Nor does it convey her height; she was \u00e2\u0080\u009can imposing presence\u00e2\u0080\u009d who stood around six feet tall. Edouart provides much detail in her clothing and shows her carrying a small purse. Clifton\u00e2\u0080\u0099s life was filled with controversy and mired by ill health. For much of her career, she was dogged by claims that her mother had run a brothel. A contemporary suggested that this debate led her manners to exhibit \u00e2\u0080\u009ca masculine cast,\u00e2\u0080\u009d which overshadowed \u00e2\u0080\u009ca character naturally feminine and genial.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Clifton played important leading roles during a career that took her to London, New York City, and other centers for theater. In Philadelphia, she often appeared in performances with the prominent actor Edwin Forrest. That she was cited as an adulteress in his divorce proceedings after her death suggests how such controversies shaped her legacy."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "En este retrato, Auguste Edouart no da indicios de la breve y din\u00c3\u00a1mica carrera de la actriz Josephine Clifton. Tampoco ilustra su estatura, ten\u00c3\u00ada \u00e2\u0080\u009cuna presencia imponente\u00e2\u0080\u009d, pues med\u00c3\u00ada casi seis pies. Sin embargo, trabaja con detalle el vestido y le coloca un peque\u00c3\u00b1o bolso. La vida de Clifton estuvo plagada de controver- sias y problemas de salud. Durante gran parte de su carrera fue acosada por alegaciones de que su madre hab\u00c3\u00ada regentado un burdel. Un contempor\u00c3\u00a1neo coment\u00c3\u00b3 que este debate endureci\u00c3\u00b3 sus modales con \u00e2\u0080\u009cun aire masculino\u00e2\u0080\u009d que eclips\u00c3\u00b3 \u00e2\u0080\u009cun car\u00c3\u00a1cter naturalmente femenino y genial\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Clifton interpret\u00c3\u00b3 papeles protag\u00c3\u00b3nicos impor- tantes en Londres, Nueva York y otros centros teatrales. En Filadelfia se presentaba frecuentemente junto al reconocido actor Edwin Forrest. El hecho de que, a\u00c3\u00ban despu\u00c3\u00a9s de muerta, la mencionaran como amante de Forrest en el caso de divorcio de \u00c3\u00a9ste es un ejemplo m\u00c3\u00a1s de las controversias que definieron su legado."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. 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