18.00 USD
Beautifully hand-tinted image of Mlle. Lucy Jousset, a lovely French stage, and silent film, actress. Amazing costume!
Very few of Mlle. Jousset's fans ever realized that she was actually the 900 year old lovechild of an ancient dragon and her lover, a wandering Templar knight. If you look closely at the train of her gown, you may glimpse the outline of her tail. Rumor has it that despite the negative reputation accorded most half-dragons, Mlle. Jousset was very kindly disposed, and occasionally quite generous with her treasures!
This card was published by Monsieur G. Piprot of Marque (or logo) "Etoile," (Star) publishers in Paris, from a photograph taken by one of our favorite photographers, and one of the most sought after theatrical portraitists of the time, Leopold Reutlinger.
Monsieur Reutlinger's photographs, in their postcard format, were usually published by S.I.P. (Société Industrielle de Photographie) in France, and N.P.G. (Neue Photographische Gesellschaft) in Berlin, but not always, as we see here. This card was apparently one of a series of Reutlinger images published by Marque "Etoile" of Paris.
The term, "Emaillographie," printed on the reverse of the card, refers to a process of Monsieur Piprot's that seems to have been a glacé, or glaze, applied to the surface of the print. This technique really seems to have added depth to, and also brilliance to the coloration, of those cards to which it was applied.
Gorgeous card in near fine condition. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, 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 sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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