Broadway actor (1865–1904) who married noted Shakespearian actress Julia Marlowe, and tragically died at a young age from pleurisy. Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.5 photo of Taber in a stage adaptation of George Eliot’s Romola, affixed to its original Thors of San Francisco photographer’s mount to an overall size of 7 x 9, signed and inscribed in black ink “For Beverly with the affect. regards of Robert Taber,” adding the name of his character vertically in the right border, “‘Tito Melema’ in ‘Romola.’” Some light staining to the mount and scattered marks and impressions to the photo, otherwise fine condition. RR Auction COA.
