Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

Photograph

Achille Mélandri

Maker
French, 1845–1905

Sarah Bernhardt

ca. 1879
Albumen silver print, printed and distributed by Edward C. Dana
Image: 5 5/8 × 4 in. (14.3 × 10.1 cm)
Mount: 6 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.3 × 10.5 cm)
Museum accession
1982.0755.0001
Inscriptions Printed on mount recto, BC: Dana NEW YORK.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: Sara Bernhardt \ C - 25
Printed on applied label on verso, TC: Woodburytype published in The \ Theatre, June 1, 1879, opp. p. \ 284, with credit: "Photographed \ by Melandri, 19, rue Clauzel, \ Paris."
Printed on verso, C: Dana \ PORTRAITS, \ Cor. 14th St. & 6th Ave., \ N. Y. \ (OPP. MACY'S.) \ IMPERIALS, $8.00 per Doz. \ CARDS, - 5.00 " "

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