[COURTISANES] Céline MONTALAND (1843-1891),... - Lot 56 - Marie-Saint Germain

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[COURTISANES] Céline MONTALAND (1843-1891),... - Lot 56 - Marie-Saint Germain
[COURTISANES] Céline MONTALAND (1843-1891), actress, dancer, singer and great courtesan. Vintage print on albumen paper, business card size, 10.5 x 6 cm. Recorded in the register of the Police des Mœurs RBB2, under number 740: "It is the mother herself who receives the men who wish to have intimate relations with her daughter, and who sets the price of her favors; but she never asks for less than fifteen hundred francs. It was under these conditions that Count Leopold Le Hon was introduced to her a few days ago. It is said that during a trip she made a few years ago to Spain, she fell dangerously ill, and that Napoleon III sent her six thousand francs to treat herself [...]."
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