Box 1

Set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Originally in a die-cut holder, they are now housed individually in mylar sleeves.

Set of 2 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Series no. 1549.

Set of 4 cards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Series no. 525.

Same series depicted in cards 320-328.

Set of two postcards with photo narrative of an 18th-century seduction scene. Same images in cards 147-148. Same series depicted in cards 146-150 and 310.

Full set of 10 cards with photo narrative of an early 19th-century seduction scene. Postcards numbered 1-10, each with a one- to two-sentence narrative.

Same series depicted in cards 311-313.

Inscription: "Addressed to Mlle Fanny Grollier. Brief note at lower margin of recto signed Melanie B."

Series of 2 April Fool’s Day (“poisson d’avril”) postcards. Two women dressed in 18th-century aristocratic garb, one as a man, one as woman: In one card (untinted), both hold a basket filled with flowers and fish. Divided verso. Stamp and postmark on verso. A doggerel verse printed on the recto of each refers to the pair in the photo as “ces marquis gracieux.”