Caption
25 portraits of Sorano, Manuel, Mendès, the Madcaps sisters and Margyl, Collection Nilsson - Nouvelle Série, page, photomechanical print, number: 'No 198', inscription: 'Sorano Manuel, REINE DES REINES, Carnaval de la Mi-Carème les Madcaps, Les Soeurs Madcaps Margyl, Margyl', c. 1894 - in or before 1899, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 239 mm x width 152 mm, historical persons - BB - woman, A vertically oriented sepia-toned sheet shows a grid of portrait and full-length photographic panels of women in vintage dresses and poses, arranged in rows and columns with small rectangular photo frames separated by light margins; the top row features close and mid-length portraits of women with various hairstyles and garments, including a seated woman in a light gown, a smiling bust portrait, a standing figure draped in fabric, and a woman resting her arm on a prop, each image surrounded by a pale border; the second row contains seated and bust images with a standing ornate-gowned figure in the center, and another seated woman on the right holding a skirt, all rendered with soft focus and textured backgrounds; the third row presents three images of a woman in an elaborate patterned dress posed against a draped backdrop, a narrow vertical strip showing a sequence of upside-down faces, and a stacked group portrait at one end; the fourth row shows a collage-like rotated portrait at one edge, a trio of dancing figures, a dynamic group lying and leaning, and two upright full-length figures in flowing gowns with raised arms; the lower section continues with full-length images of women in elegant classical-style gowns, some holding fabric or leaning on props, all reproduced in the same muted monochrome tone and arranged in tidy photographic cells across the page.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B05_436
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39.8Mb (8.5Mb) / 9.9in x 15.6in / 2982 x 4670 (300dpi)