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1910

  • Work on this object ended.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

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Photograph, Sarah Bernhardt as the Duke of Reichstadt (later King of Rome)

This is a Photograph. It was created by Aimé Dupont and sitter: Sarah Bernhardt. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is platinum print support: sensitized white wove paper, laid down on thick white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by W. E. Dwyer. It is credited Gift of W.E. Dyer.

Its dimensions are

34.4 x 25.3 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

In plate at center lower margin: Sarah Bernhardt. at lower left: AIME DUPONT 574 FIFTH AVE.,/NEW YORK. Inscribed in image (on negative?) lower left: Copyright / by A. Dupont

Cite this object as

Photograph, Sarah Bernhardt as the Duke of Reichstadt (later King of Rome); Aimé Dupont (1842 – 1900); Sitter: Sarah Bernhardt (1844 – 1923); USA; platinum print support: sensitized white wove paper, laid down on thick white wove paper; 34.4 x 25.3 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.); Gift of W.E. Dyer; 1953-187-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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