Balsan Encheres
635
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19th-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS – ACTORS AND ACTRESSES – circa 1860…
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635
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19th-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS – ACTORS AND ACTRESSES – circa 1860…
See original version (French)
Estimate €90
Voluntary lot
Description
19th-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS – ACTORS AND ACTRESSES – circa 1860–1880.
NINETEEN (19) visiting-card-sized photographs (approx. 10.5 x 6 cm), on paper mounted on card – PORTRAITS showing the head and shoulders or full face:
LAFONTAINE 1865, playwright – SAMSON 1865, actor at the Théâtre Français – DEVERIA 1876, from ‘Les Folies Dramatiques’ – REJANE – Alice CHERIE - DELAUNAY of the Théâtre Français – Mary MAURY 1863, Bordeaux theatre – Mlle NILSON, Ophelia at the Théâtre des Arts, colourised photograph – Mlle RICOLBOCHE - SARA BERNHARDT of the Théâtre Français – group of actors from the COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE - 1862, Miss Pauline Infinie DEJAZET “Bordeaux, Variété Gymnase” – François REGNIER, Palais Royal, senior member of the Association of Dramatic Artists – FAIVRE, actress, Reims 1876, Palais Royal 1877–82, dramatic follies – Hortense NEVEU, part of the rowdy group of society ladies at the end of the Second Empire – COQUELIN, born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, created the role of Cyrano de Bergerac - Pauline VIARDOT, described by Berlioz as “one of the greatest artists in the history of music”, wife of Louis Viardot, director of the Théâtre des Italiens - Madeleine BROHAN, a member of the Comédie-Française from 1852.
GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS: CARJAT – REUTLINGER – NADAR – FRANCK – PETIT & TRINQUART – TOURTIN - LIEBERT – DISDERI – ARMAND in Bordeaux – NUMA the Younger – Anatole POUGNET – ERWIN, photographer to His Majesty the King of Prussia –
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About the sale
SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
Auction location
Auction time
10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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