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The Débutante by Howard Chandler Christy (1906)
Two-color relief line-block print entitled The Débutante by Howard Chandler Christy, 1906 via
The Sweet Girl Graduate by Howard Chandler Christy (1906)
Two-color relief line-block print entitled The Sweet Girl Graduate by Howard Chandler Christy, 1906 via
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1905)
A Collection of Vintage Photos feat. Actress Ethel Warwick (1882-1951)
Ethel Warwick (1882 – 1951) was the daughter of Frank and Maude, born in Hardingstone, Northampton. Her education began in Margate and Hampstead, but by the early 1890’s she was studying to become an artist at the London Polytechnic.
She became an artists model to help pay her tuition there, which led to her meeting Herbert Draper, who used her as a model for several of his paintings, including The Lament for Icarus. Through him she became a favoured model for several artists, including John William Godward, who painted several portraits of her, and Linley Sambourne, for whom she posed nude in a series of photographic studies. She was also sketched by James McNeill Whistler.
She began training as an actress at Henry Neville’s acting school in the late 1890’s, and first appeared on stage at the Grande Theatre in Fulham in July 1900 as Emilie de L’Esparre in The Corsican Brothers. She later appeared in several films.
Ethel Warwick published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd bromide postcard print, © National Portrait Gallery, London, circa 1906 via
Ethel Warwick by Reautlinger via
Ethel Warwick by Reautlinger via
Ethel Warwick, 1900 via
Portraits by Amercian Photographer James Arthur (ca. 1900s)
Woman with a miniature by James Arthur, 1898 via
Woman at a piano by James Arthur, 1898 via
Woman with a spinning wheel by James Arthur, 1899 via
Woman looking in a mirror by James Arhur, c. 1900 via
Woman with vase of flowers by James Arthur, 1899 via
Woman wearing a plumed hat by James Arthur, c. 1900 via
Seated woman drinking tea by James Arthur, c. 1900 via
Woman on a tree trunk by James Arthur, c. 1900 via
Anna Held by Aimé Dupont (1900)
Helene Anna Held (1872 – 1918), known professionally as Anna Held, was a Broadway stage performer and singer, born in Warsaw, Poland she started her career with stints in theatres in Paris and London, she is most often associated with theatre producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband.
Anna Held, full-length photo, facing right, with right hand on hat and left hand on hip by Aimé Dupont, 1900 via
Anna Held, full-length photo, facing right, with right hand on hat and left hand on hip by Aimé Dupont, 1900 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon (1906)
Louise Françoise Marie Laure d’Orléans (1882 – 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe d’Orléans (1838–1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as “Philippe VII”. Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle d’Orléans (1848–1919), daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.
On 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, Infante Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949), and widower of Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Infanta of Spain. The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children.
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon, 1906 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906 via
Maiden at the Well (Lilian Greuze). Photogravures by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, early 1900s
French stage actress, model, and later, film actress Mlle. Lilian Greuze, was associated with both Sarah Bernhardt and Polaire. She appeared in several silent films, and went on to appear in the talkies as well.
Here she is in a series of “woman at the well” postcards; a theme that easily can be counted as a sub-genre of turn of the century picture postcards. The Photogravures are by French photographer Leopold Reutlinger (1863-1937).
Maiden at the Well Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Maiden at the Well. Photogravure of Lilian Greuze by Leopold Reutlinger via
Parisian Postcards of Mata Hari by Lucien Waléry (1906)
Lucien Waléry lived and worked in Paris in the period 1900-1930. He photographed an extraordinary number of beautiful women from most of the particular risque dance revues, a.o. Mata Hari and Josephine Baker.
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris by Lucien Waléry, 1906 via
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris by Lucien Waléry, 1906 via
Postcard of Mata Hari in Paris by Lucien Waléry, 1906 via
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