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Sarah-Bernhardt (Hamlet) / Lafayette - photo - London. – Antique Photo Print

Sarah-Bernhardt (Hamlet) / Lafayette - photo - London., [between 1885 and 1900] — vintage postcard
Sarah-Bernhardt (Hamlet) / Lafayette - photo - London., [between 1885 and 1900]. Vintage postcard from the Books & Writers collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Sarah-Bernhardt (Hamlet) / Lafayette - photo - London., a vintage postcard rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Sarah-Bernhardt (Hamlet) / Lafayette - photo - London.

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Sarah Bernhardt appears here in costume for Hamlet, a male role she took on in the later part of her career, when she was already one of the most famous actresses in Europe. The card was issued by the Lafayette studio, a commercial portrait firm with branches in Dublin and London that sold photographs of stage stars to fans. Cards like this one helped turn performers into collectible celebrities, and the Hamlet pose shows how Bernhardt used male parts to challenge the expectations of her audiences.

Created / published[between 1885 and 1900]
Medium1 photomechanical print (postcard).
GenrePostcards 1880-1900.Portraits 1880-1900.Photomechanical prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle from item.
SubjectsBernhardt, Sarah,--1844-1923--Performances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,816 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220100

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