Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
L'Aiglon - Mme Sarah Bernhardt - Scene de Wagram, 1902
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 11
Identifier: 95
Scope and Contents
Inscription: Addressed to Mlle Marguerite Beaujean. Black-and-white reproduction of a watercolor illustration signed Espinasse. Sarah Bernhardt appearing in one of her most celebrated trouser roles as the son of Napoleon in La Aiglon (1900) by playwright Edmond Rostand, who wrote the role for her.
Dates:
1902
Sarah Bernhardt dans L'Aiglon, 1903
Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 3
Identifier: 219
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Postcards portraying cross-dressing and female and male impersonators in France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Romania. Postcards include photographic and photomechanical prints, some hand-colored. All are printed between circa 1900 and 1930 and depict performers on amateur, cafeĢ-concert, music-hall, and legitimate stages at the high-point of cross-dressing as a form of entertainment. Many depict gallant visual narratives of...
Dates:
1903
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- Subject: Paris, France X
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