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Collotypes (prints)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Amoureux Viennois, 1905

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 15
Identifier: 151
Scope and Contents

One postcard (no. 3) from a series of unknown length representing a woman dressed as a male officer in a braided uniform. The officer kisses the hand of a seated woman wearing a braided dress designed to echo the uniform.

Dates: 1905

Asta, 1914

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 6

Asta, 1910

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924078882549]
Identifier: 53

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

Costumes poitevins, 1909

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 17
Identifier: 168
Scope and Contents

Addressed to Mademoiselle Gratecap. Depicts couple dressed in traditional garb of the Poitou region on the west coast of France.

Dates: 1909

Couple with fan and top hat, 1900

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070754597], Folder: 10
Identifier: 81
Scope and Contents

A promotional photo for a music-hall act. The only postcard in the collection that features performers of color. Publisher's monogram on recto.

Dates: 1900