Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) as La Tosca by Felix Nadar (1820-1910)

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Edward VII (1841-1910) and Alexandra of England (1844-1925) after Gunn & Stuart

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Oscar Rejlander 1857

Original Size (1953x1005)

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This allegorical tableau vivant, or mise-en-scène was created by Oscar Rejlander in 1857.

It depicts a philosopher, or a sage, or perhaps a father leading two young men towards manhood. One (to the left) looks towards vice; gambling, wine and prostitution, and the other looks towards virtue; religion, industry and family. Penitence, in the center, looks toward the right, rejecting vice.

The image was the first publicly exhibited photograph of a nude, the first major art photograph and the first photo-montage.

Hardanger Fjord, Norway

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"A Christmas Dream"

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Merry Christmas to you all !

  Joyeux Noël à tous !

Henri Manuel (1874-1947)

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The Theatre

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Jeanette Harding in Palm Beach, Florida 1920s

Her black hair is one and a half meters long.

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Marilyn Monroe as Theda Bara in Cleopatra by Richard Avedon 1958

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Lillie Langtry by Napoleon Sarony 1882

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Bone Necklace, Oglala Sioux council chief by Heyn Photo 1899

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C.W. Faulkner & Co : Postcards around 1900

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Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) by Kenneth Alexander (1887-1975)

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Ruth St Denis 1914

Ruth St Denis in The Peacock, at Ravinia Park a few days after the world premiere. (c1914)

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Lily Elsie (1886-1962) in “The Dollar Princess”

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Chorus Girls : "Footlight Parade" 1933

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Theatre Magazine : Elsie Ferguson 1917

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Vintage Beauties

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Vladimir Tolman : "Swallows" 1930s

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A Holy Family by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)

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Wist ye not that your father and I sought thee sorrowing by Julia Margaret Cameron 1865

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Vintage Beauties

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Alfred Cheney Johnston (1884-1971)

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The Theatre : Marguerite Sylvia 1911

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Henri Manuel (1874-1947)

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Olive Ann Alcorn 1925

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