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Wow, sultry :) Beautiful hand-tinting!
We haven't been able to find any history to speak of on Mlle. Ricotti. One thing we do know, is that in 1910, in Paris, she was in the production, "Le Soupçon," with Georges Wague, probably the most famous pantomime artist of the time.
Monsieur Wague developed a performance art that came to be called "cantomime," which differed from straight pantomime in that he interpreted the lyrics of a song being performed by another performer either on, or off, stage. So, it seems possible that Mlle. Ricotti would have been the vocalist for Monsieur Wague's cantomime, but that is guesswork.
Apparently she lived at 19 Rue du Cirque, a lovely 5 story building built in 1850 (see our scan above), just a short carriage ride from the Jardin des Champs-Élysées, a park containing the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, and the Théâtre Marigny.
Below is a link to a very short film by Edison made in 1900, giving us an idea of some of what she may have seen on that carriage ride :) Of course, this would have been made between 5 and 10 years prior to this card's printing, so by her day, many more motor cars would have been in circulation in Paris than are evident in the film.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Panoramic_View_of_the_Champs_Elysees_%281900%29.webm
A very nice card!
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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