Tag: portraying

Dora Woolard, 1913

Dora Woolard. The 14 April, 1913 issue of The San Francisco Call carried an item on a vaudeville show, “At the Empress Theater this week are the Diving Girls, Dora Woolard and Laura Murray, two charming swimers, assisted by Mme. Barlo, oldest lady swimmer” | src gt_hawk63 on Flickr

Étude en Brun, 1904

Céline Laguarde :: Étude en brun (Study in Brown), ca. 1904. Photogravure. L’Épreuve Photographique: Première Série: 1904. Planche 21. | src photoseed

Women and Roses, 1900s-1910s

Emma Barton (Mrs. G.A. Barton) :: The Gardener’s Daughter, before or on 1911. (DETAIL)

Far up the porch there grew an Eastern rose,
Gown’d in pure white, that fitted to the shape,
Holding the bush, to fix it back, she stood,
A single steam of all her soft brown hair
Poured on one side. (Tennyson)

Emma Barton (Mrs. G.A. Barton) :: The Gardener’s Daughter. Published in The Amateur Photographer & Photographic News, vol. LIV, 1398, p. 66 (1911). From The Royal Photographic Society’s Annual Exhibition. | src Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Emma Barton (née Rayson) :: The Soul of the Rose, ca. 1905. Carbon print. The Royal Photographic Society at Science & Media Museum, now V&A

Girl with Carnation, 1905

Céline Laguarde :: Girl with Carnation, 1905. Full Plate Halftone. | src eBay
Céline Laguarde :: Girl with Carnation, 1905. Full Plate Halftone. | src eBay
Céline Laguarde :: Girl with Carnation, 1905. Full Plate Halftone. | src eBay
Céline Laguarde :: Girl with Carnation, 1905. Full Plate Halftone. | src eBay

Pierrette, ca. 1905

Céline Laguarde :: Pierrette, ca. 1905. Photogravure published in: L’Épreuve Photographique: Deuxième Série: 1905
Céline Laguarde :: Pierrette, ca. 1905. Photogravure published in: L’Épreuve Photographique: Deuxième Série: 1905

Tänzerin, 1916

Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Tänzerin, 1916. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen :: Tänzerin, 1916. Volker Graf von Bethusy-Huc. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Romeo, 1925

George Barbier :: “Romeo”. Figure of a nobleman in an Italian Renaissance costume. Original pen drawing in gold and colors. Signed “George Barbier 1925” on the right. On handmade paper and cardboard. Paris, 1925. Nice stage design for the representation of a Renaissance nobleman, such as a Romeo from Shakespeare’s drama. The French painter, illustrator and fashion designer George Barbier (1882-1932) is considered one of the most important exponents of Art Deco. | src Bassenge Auktionen