A. Bergeret et Cie
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Cleodinerie, 1903
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 16
Identifier: 160
Scope and Contents
Female impersonator wearing a wig, pearls and a flowered tutu posing as a ballerina with arms in fifth position. The card is a spoof of the celebrated dancer and demimondaine Cléo de Mérode (1875-1966). A doggerel verse printed in red on the recto refers to the dancer's charms as designed to "captiver un prince."
Dates:
1903