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Sarah Bernhardt in the role of La Tosca. Colour lithograph by A. Mucha, 1899.
- Mucha, Alphonse, 1860-1939.
- Date
- [1899]
- Reference
- 24267i
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Credit: Sarah Bernhardt in the role of La Tosca. Colour lithograph by A. Mucha, 1899. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Bernhardt as La Tosca in Sardou's play stands holding a cane in her right hand and a bunch of flowers in her left. Another woman stands behind. Decoration in Art Nouveau style luxuriates around the figures
Publication/Creation
Paris : F. Champenois, [1899]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 105 x 38.8 cm
Lettering
La Tosca. Drame en cinq actes et six tableaux de Mr Victorien Sardou. Théâtre-Sarah-Bernhardt. Mucha 99.
References note
Jack Rennert, Alphonse Mucha: la collection Ivan Lendl, 1989, no. 8
Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, Alphonse Mucha, Paris 1984, no. 57
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 24267i
Type/Technique
Languages
- French
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores