‘Poulpe colossal’, 1802

Facsimile of De Monfort’s ‘Poulpe colossal’. Colossal Octopus attacking a sailing vessel off the coast of Angola. Illustration by French naturalist Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766–1820) first published in Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Mollusques in 1802 as described by Norwegian sailors and American whalers.

Chanson nègre, 1920s

Die Tänzerin Clotilde Sacharoff (Clotilde von Derp). Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration. Nº 59, 1926-1927. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Paul O. Doyé :: Original-Fotopostkarte von Clotilde von Derp-Sakharoff im Kostüm aus ‘Chanson nègre’. Ausstellungskatalog ‘Die Sacharoffs’, Wienand Verlag, siehe Seite 205 (Abbildung der Tänzerin in diesem Kostüm). Katalog “Un Mito della Danza”, Bologna, siehe Seite 27, Abbildung 13. | Original photo postcard by Clotilde von Derp-Sakharoff in a costume from ‘Chanson nègre’. From the exhibition catalog ‘Die Sacharoffs’, Wienand Verlag, see page 205 (illustration of the dancer in her costume). Catalog “Un Mito della Danza”, Bologna, page 27, figure 13. (1920s) | src Zvab

Clotilde von Derp, 1912-1913

Rudolph and Minya Dührkoop :: The Dancer; Clotilde von Derp. (London Salon of Photography).
Published by The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LVIII, p. 264, September 22, 1913. | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Rudolph and Minya Dührkoop :: The Dancer; Clotilde von Derp. (London Salon of Photography).
Published by The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LVIII, p. 264, September 22, 1913. | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Rudolph and Minya Dührkoop :: The Dancer; Clotilde von Derp. (London Salon of Photography).
Published by The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LVIII, p. 264, September 22, 1913. | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Rudolph and Minya Dührkoop :: The Dancer; Clotilde von Derp. (London Salon of Photography).
Published by The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LVIII, p. 264, September 22, 1913. | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce