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Call Number:

PH-01576

Collection Name:

Achille Mélandri Photography Collection

Creator:

Melandri, A. (Achille), 1845-1905

No. of Items:

2 photographs on 1 mount

Span Dates:

1878

Description:

The collection consists of two woodburytypes by Achille Mélandri (French, 1845-1905), mounted on one board. Both are portraits of the French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) and were taken in Paris. Item-level information follows.

964:0894:0001a -- Sarah Bernhardt, 1878. Woodburytype, 11.6 x 7.7 cm (image). In this image Bernhardt, wearing a trouser suit, is standing next to the bust of a woman. She is holding a sculptor's modeling tool in one hand at her side, and she is resting one elbow on the stand that supports the bust. Her head is turned to face the camera;

964:0894:0001b -- Sarah Bernhardt, 1878. Woodburytype, 11.8 x 7.5 cm (image). In this image Bernhardt is costumed as the Queen of Spain from from Victor Hugo's play "Ruy Blas." She is dressed in a long gown and small crown, and is seated on an ornately carved wooden throne.

Accession No(s):

964:0894:0001a was 964:0894:0001 and 964:0894:0001b was 964:0894:0002. Change made at the request of the curator of photography since the photographs are adhered to the same mount, making them two parts of a whole object. MAH 9/23/2019; 964:0894:0001a-0001b; Purchase, 1963 or later

Location(s):

M Box, Small (964:0894:0001a-0001b)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Milandri
Title	Two woodburytype prints by Milandri, portraits of Sarah Bernhardt in Paris.
Date	1864-65
Accession Number	5035775

Artist/Maker	Melandri, A. (Achille), 1845-1905
Title	[Sarah Bernhardt]
Date	1878
Medium	Woodburytype
Dimensions	image: 11.6 x 7.7 cm; 4 3/5 x 3 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0894:0001a

Artist/Maker	Melandri, A. (Achille), 1845-1905
Title	[Sarah Bernhardt]
Date	1878
Medium	Woodburytype
Dimensions	image: 11.8 x 7.5 cm; 4 3/5 x 3 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0894:0001b

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