I’ve mentioned the French photographer Henri Manuel a couple of times here. Today I came across this lovely portrait of the French mezzo soprano Célestine Galli-Marié known as Marié de l’Isle, it was taken by him. I haven’t managed to find out much about her at all. She was born in 1840, married a sculptor called Galli and died in 1905.
Tomorrow we’re off to an auction in another town. I wonder what treasures we’ll find.
8 comments:
You know, Anji...I'm starting to think I should take up collecting postcards myself! You find the most wonderful and interesting faces and stories! Hope the auction is fruitful!
It is a lovely picture. It is nice with this touch of "flou". And I think that in color it would not have been so beautiful.
Whenever I look at an beautiful photograph of someone who is long gone, it fills me with a wistfullness that I can't fully rationalise, but which I enjoy. Like the memories of a distant summer.
henry
Isobel: I'm sure that you would find a type of card that you would like to collect, there are so many different postcards
Peter: Henri Manuel was a true artist.
Indavao: Thanks for your visit
Henry: You have expressed your thoughts beautifully. A moment in time captured forever.
Tagskie: Hello again!
That's really a beautiful picture.
We pay for all of these expensive cameras and we still can't create anything like the old sepia works of art.
Lovely picture and thanks for the savyy history lesson.
That is a beautiful portrait of Célestine Galli. There's a nice picture of her at age 26 on Wiki also but it's not nearly as nice as your postcard.
T: You would be amazed at how clear and in focus some of the images are. I recently managed to read a cinema poster in order to date a card.
Wine: Sorry I didn't find more information.
Utenzi: yes, I think my card is better too!
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