Description: SARAH BERNHARDT AS CLEOPATRA BY GEORGES CLARIN A HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAVURE BOOKPLATE FROM THE 1890'S!! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 100 YEARS OLD!! Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923), French actor, who was the best-known stage figure of her time. Bernhardt was born Rosine Bernhard in Paris on October 22/23, 1844, the daughter of a courtesan. She was educated in a convent and at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1862 she made her debut at the Comédie Française but attracted so little notice that she soon left the company. She appeared briefly and unsuccessfully in burlesque. From 1869 she played at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, winning her first success in Le passant (1869), a comedy by François Coppée. Recalled to the Comédie Française in 1872, Bernhardt gained recognition for the leading role in Phèdre (1874) by the classical dramatist Jean Racine and for the queen in Ruy Blas (1872) and Doña Sol in Hernani (1877), two romantic dramas by Victor Hugo. She left the Comédie in 1880. By 1879 she had begun to travel with her own company, appearing regularly in London and New York City and touring North America in 1886-87 and 1888-89 and the world in 1891-93. In Paris she managed or owned various theaters, including the Théâtre des Nations, renamed the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, in which she appeared. Among her most successful performances were those in the romantic tragedy La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils; Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe; and Fédora, Théodora, La Tosca, and Cléopâtre, melodramas by Victorien Sardou. She was highly acclaimed for playing the title roles in a French version of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1899) and in L'Aiglon (1901), a play about Napoleon's son, written for her by Edmond Rostand. Famous for her slim beauty and bell-like voice, she was called the divine Sarah. Bernhardt had a leg amputated at the age of 70, but she refused to abandon the stage. She played for troops at the front in World War I and continued to act until her death in Paris on March 26, 1923. She also wrote two plays, a work on acting (1923), and her memoirs (1907), and she showed talent in sculpture and painting. Bernhardt was made a member of the Legion of Honor in 1914. Cleopatra (69 B.C.-30 B.C.) was queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of history. The daughter of Ptolemy XI, she was married (as was the custom) to her younger brother, Ptolemy XII. By revolting against him, with the aid of Julius Caesar, she won the kingdom, although it remained a vassal of Rome. After her husband died, she married another brother, Ptolemy XIII; but she was the mistress of Caesar, and in Rome she bore a son, Caesarion (later Ptolemy XIV), said to be his. Returning to Egypt after the murder of Caesar, she was visited by Marc Antony, who fell in love with her. She seems to have hoped to use him to reestablish her throne's power; they were married in 36 B.C. But the Romans were hostile, and Octavian (later Augustus) defeated Antony and Cleopatra off Actium in 31 B.C. Failing to defend themselves in Egypt, Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves. Plutarch, Shakespeare, and G.B. Shaw are among the writers who have described Cleopatra's remarkable life. SIZE: Image size in inches is 4 1/2" x 7 1/2", overall page size is 7" x 10". CONDITION: Condition is clean, no foxing, stains or tears. Nothing on reverse. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. The item(s) being sold is an image on paper made from the original master and IS NOT a block of wood or steel. IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER AND CLEARER THAN SCAN SHOWS !! THIS IS AN ACTUAL ANTIQUE ITEM FROM THE 1890's! NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION!
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