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Description: Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) as Hamlet. Full length, to left, facing left. She holds the scabbord of her sword with her left hand and has partially drawn the sword with her right hand. She gazes upwards. She wears knee-length fur-trimmed tunic and long floor-length cape. The caption below the photograph states: 'Sarah Bernhardt, who is to visit America next season, as 'Hamlet'.'

Folger Act/Sc/L: n/a
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Artist: Anonymous
Artist (Original work): Anonymous
Date:
Date (Original work): 1889 (?)
Medium: Photograph (reproduction)
Size: 10 x 6 cms; 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in
Actor: Bernhardt, Sarah
Production:

Location: FSL. PN2638 B5 B41 Ex. Ill. Copy of Therese Berton and Basil Woon, THE REAL SARAH BERNHARDT (New York: Boni & Liveright, 1924), opp. p. 334