BERNHARDT SARAH: (1844-1923) French stage actress. A good vintage signed cabinet photograph, the sepia albumen print by Napoleon Sarony of New York depicting Bernhardt reclined in a three-quarter length pose holding a letter in one hand and resting her head on the other, in costume as Phèdre, her most famous classical role, from Jean Racine´s dramatic tragedy Phèdre. Signed by the actress to the lower photographer´s mount and dated 1887 in her hand. With the photographer´s imprint to the lower mount. VG

Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) American photographer, remembered for his portraits of the stars of the late-19th-century American theatre.