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Gelatin silver prints.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Aristocrat courting, 1902

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 15
Identifier: 135-139
Scope and Contents

Complete series of five postcards showing a woman dressed as an 18th-century male aristocrat who pays court to a woman in a flowered dress and with flowers in her hair. All the scenes are set against a blank studio backdrop.

Dates: 1902

Arrive a Chinon, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 20
Identifier: 194
Scope and Contents

Historical scene showing Joan of Arc telling the dauphin of France that he will be crowned king at Reims. As is conventional for iconography of Joan during her period of combat, she wears men's clothing in this case, an elaborate doublet and riding boots. Conversely, this image steps outside the convention by including a halberd-bearer accompanying Joan; the footsoldier is played by a male impersonator. Inscription: "Addressed to Lucien Renault; signed "Ta soeurette [illegible]".

Dates: 1905

Fanluchette et Godichon, 1904

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 8
Identifier: 69-78
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1904

Le Petit Polichinelle, 1908

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 23
Identifier: 340-344

Marise Fairy, 1910

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 4
Identifier: 223
Scope and Contents

Marise Fairy in the role of Buster Brown from the Revue de Marigny, a music-hall show presented at the Theatre de Marigny in Paris.

Dates: 1910

Theatre Marigny - Deslys, 1905

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31924113964971], Folder: 4
Identifier: 221
Scope and Contents

Gaby Deslys wearing the costume of a 17th-century male aristocrat.

Dates: 1905