Étienne Carjat

Sarah Bernhardt in "Zaire" by Voltaire

1874

Legendary photographer captures the iconic French actress in one of her most celebrated roles, demonstrating the early intersection of theater documentation and artistic portraiture.

Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Art Institute of Chicago

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