[COURTISANES] THÉRÈSA, born Eugènie Emma... - Lot 86 - Marie-Saint Germain

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[COURTISANES] THÉRÈSA, born Eugènie Emma... - Lot 86 - Marie-Saint Germain
[COURTISANES] THÉRÈSA, born Eugènie Emma VALLADON (1837-1913), famous cabaret singer. Vintage print on albumen paper, business card size, 10.5 x 6 cm. By FRANCK. She was responsible for the birth of the entertainment industry. "Theresa possesses, apart from her originality, the most precious qualities: her voice is frank, rustic, and of a perfect emission; her pronunciation is a marvel of clearness and the communicative good mood of the artist is incomparable [...]. The Trombinoscope. "Berger Antoinette This April 4, 1873 La Nitou "Since the carnival has passed, they have ceased to appear at the cellar of the Café Frontin, boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, where Theresa, Blanche d'Antigny and other well-known tribes meet after the show, but one has never noticed that La Nitou seeks to train women. She is very jealous and does not allow Gabrielle to leave her. One assures that her rent paid, she receives among others by Mr. Devienne thousand francs per month. La Nitou has been ill for some time and does not go out." RBB, card 143: "From her return to Paris date her successes, she earns one hundred francs a day; she is now said to be very thrifty, and her expenses would be especially for a woman named Joséphine, a former lorette, who has become her tribune. They live together; it is Josephine who runs the house and has everything at her disposal. They occupy an apartment with an annual rent of one thousand seven hundred and fifty francs. Thérèsa has nevertheless kept her relations with the doctor she knew at the Porte Saint-Martin, and every ten days he gives her one hundred francs." RBB, card 325.
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