John Lawrence Toole as 'Azucena'

A carte-de-visite portrait of the comic actor John Lawrence Toole (1832-1906), seen here as Azucena in Ill-Treated Il Trovatore.

A burlesque by Henry James Byron of Verdi's opera, it was first produced at the Adelphi in May 1863.

Photographed by Louis Ferdinand Colas of London.