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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1138698, member: 12789&quot;]<b>Engraved Vignette of Hazel Dawn (Tout) ca. 1917</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hazel Dawn was the stage name of Vaudevillian actress Hazel Tout, a trained musician who starred in Ziegfeld&#039;s Follies as the &quot;Century Girl&quot; during their production on Broadway during the 1917.&nbsp; Hazel Tout had been born in Utah, the daughter of a LDS(Mormon) missionary who subsequently travelled through western Europe where she acquired her musical prowess.&nbsp; In addition to her great talents as a musician she was remarkably lovely:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/nationals/hazeldawn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinatingly her portrait from the topmost photograph had been engraved by GFC Smillie and prints were made from the engraving:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/nationals/hazeldawnengraving.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And were distributed either through sales or gifts to friends by Mr. Smillie, who also inscribed and autographed the portraits.&nbsp; This vignette was done near the end of his very long career.&nbsp; Hazel Dawn continued to have small acting parts in plays, and some work in production until she married in 1927.&nbsp; Incredibly she lived a very long life - passing away only in 1988 at the age of 96 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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