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Sarah Bernhardt

Oil Painting
1896 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil portrait, apparently copied from a portrait photograph, showing Bernhardt in her preferred left profile


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSarah Bernhardt
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Sarah Bernhardt' possibly by Sarah Bernhart, 1896
Physical description
Oil portrait, apparently copied from a portrait photograph, showing Bernhardt in her preferred left profile
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.7cm
  • Width: 25.7cm
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Accession number
S.809-1991

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Record createdJune 19, 2007
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