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Regina Badet, born in 1876, in Bordeaux, was a principal dancer at the Grande Theatre de Bordeaux by the age of 14. By 1900, she had begun a career as an actress and dancer in Paris. She was a star of the Opera Comique in Paris and eventually traveled the world as an international star. She also appeared in the medium of film beginning in 1908, making a number of silent movies.
In the 1920s, Mlle. Badet quietly retired from stage and screen. She died where she had been born, at the age of 73, in Bordeaux, France.
Many thanks to Wikipedia for much of our biographical information.
An exquisite image by Monsieur Bert of Paris, who for some time worked with Monsieur Paul Boyer. The portrait itself has a modern feel, and puts us in mind of some of those later portraitists like Avedon!
Wonderful condition. There is just enough silvering around the edges to lend its own magic to the image. For those not familiar with the term, "silvering" refers to the action of the light-sensitive metallic salts of silver (and other metals used in the photographic process), initially held in suspension in a gelatinous surface material on the photo print paper. These slowly migrate to the surface of the print over time (in this case, a little over a hundred years), producing this magical effect. We LOVE it! (personal preference) On the other hand, we've had customers who actually apply a chemical wash to remove much of the silvering, thereby restoring the photographic print to something much closer to its original state. This could be a practical course, when coming across very old photographs in which the silvering has run amok and the image details have become so clouded as to be completely hidden from view, but we've never had to resort to it, and in some ways this practice, barring extrem examples of silvering, feels a little to us like polishing the patina from antique metal objects. Again, simply a matter of personal preference.
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 not charge for 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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