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Wonderful image of Elise De Vere by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris. Wonderful hand-tinting on this one!
Elise De Vere (born Constance), was one of the premiere stars of her time. Born in Belgium, she was the daughter of Herbert Shakespeare Gardiner Williams (aka Charles De Vere) and Julia Ferrett, his wife. Both of them were ex-pat British stage magicians who wandered the world, performing hither and yon, when not running magic shops! Though they spent years away, she and her family maintained their "British-ness" and never gave up their citizenship. In the Paris of that time (of today, for that matter), there were numerous communities of residents from "away" who maintained close ties to their cultural origins. The Deveres, for example, regularly attended services at a local Anglican church, or so we've been told. The fact is, that a number of big French music halls were owned by English theatrical promoters during this period, some of whom regularly exported English performers to France (early "British invasion" :), just as France exported theirs to England. After all, the channel is not so wide.
A lovely card in excellent condition!
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