22.00 USD
Gorgeous image of Marietta Ricotti, belle epoque actress. in "costume de Bakot" (Bakot is a location in what is now Pakistan, at the base of the Himalayas--basically, we take this to mean that she is in maharaja-like costume). Wonderful turban!
"Le Soupçon," is pronounced kind of like soup-soh, which in this context might mean "the "suspicion," or like a little "hint" of something, as in " I have a soupçon this postcard seller might be about to tell us a story." The production, "Le Soupçon," was a pantomime entertainment (pantomimes were extremely popular in that period) choreographed by Georges Wague, with music by Albert Chantrier.
One interesting thing about this card beyond the image itself is that the photographer, Stanislaus Julian Walery, is, as we can tell by the text on the reverse, acting as his own publisher. We haven't run across that before. We're dating this card a little later than many of our Walery music hall/cafe-concert images, in part because Walery appears to have published it which just feels to us like something that came later, but also because most of the references to Wague and Chantrier productions we've run across are placed in the early 1910s.
Mlle Ricotti had gorgeous, waist-length hair that is not shown to its best advantage in this image.
Wonderful card, and not one we've come across before. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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