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Sarah Bernhardt

Photograph
1910 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph of Sarah Bernhardt by Bert, 1910.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSarah Bernhardt (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print
Brief description
Photograph of Sarah Bernhardt by Bert, 1910
Physical description
Photograph of Sarah Bernhardt by Bert. Bernhardt is photographed seated on a carved wooden chair. She is wearing a dress with lace sleeves and a beaded top and hem. A fur stole is draped around her. She is posed on a bearskin rug--the head of the bear is visible in the lower left corner of the photograph.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.5cm (Note: Height measured is unmounted. Mounted height is 34cm.)
  • Width: 13.5cm (Note: Width measured is unmounted. Mounted width is 24.8cm.)
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Illegible ink inscription on the mount underneath the photograph.)
  • 'A. Bert / Paris' (Signature pressed into the mount underneath the photograph.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Production
Reproduced in Le Théatre et Comoedia Illustré, June 26, 1923, No. 18
Subject depicted
Summary
Photograph of Sarah Bernhardt by Bert, 1910.
Collection
Accession number
S.3880-2015

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Record createdDecember 3, 2015
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