39.00 USD
She makes such a cute Cupid! Elise DeVere was born in Belgium in 1879 into an English theatrical family of players and artistes. Her father and mother were both stage magicians and developers of illusions who had moved to Europe from England. In the late 1890s, they settled in Paris, where Elise would thrive as a stage performer. Our cards were published by the Rotary Photograph Company of London. We believe their images were photographed by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris because Reutlinger had publishing arrangements with N.P.G. (the Neue Photographische Gesellschaft) of Berlin and the Rotary Photograph Company of London was a subsidiary of N.P.G. Also, we recognize a prop used in one of these cards as one used in a number of other images by Reutlinger.
Because the Rotary Photograph Company was founded in 1898, and these cards have undivided backs (England introduced the divided back postcard in 1902, ushering in the golden age of the picture postcard), we can date these four cards to between 1898 and 1902. This also lets us guess Miss DeVere's age in these images at somewhere right around 20 or 21. Indeed, we've seen many of her postcard images, but never one in which she appeared quite so young as she does in these!
These four cards are in wonderful condition! 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 shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.