Coins/Medallions: M0111

Title

Sarah Bernhardt portrait medallion

Technique

Mixed media

Subject

Bernhardt, Sarah Henriette Rosine

Dimensions

Height: 6.4cm
Width: 6.4cm
Depth: 0.8cm

Other materials

Bronze medallion and photogaphic print mounted on card (16.5x10.7)

Inscription/signature

"SARAH BERNHARDT 1844-1923" (caption on face of medal);" R BAUDICHON" (possible artist's mark); "LE PASSANT. RUY BLAS. ANDROMAQUE. PHEDRE. HERNANI. L'AVENTURIERE. LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS. FEDORA. MARION DELORME. HAMLET. JEANNE D'ARC. LA TOSCA. CLEOPATRE. THEODORA. LA SAMARITAINE. LORENZACCIO. L'AIGLON. LA PRINCESSE LOINTAINE. GISMONDA. FRANCOISE DE RIMINI. ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR. LES BOUFFONS. ESTHER. OTHELLO. LUCRECE BORGIA. LE ROI LEAR. LA SORCIERE. MACBETH. MEDEE" (verso); "Sarah Bernhardt 1901" (pen and black ink on photo); "MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT. / W & D DOWNEY PHOTOGRAPHERS / COPYRIGHT / 57 & 61 EBURY STREET LONDON, S.W." (printed below photo); "W. & D. DOWNEY / PHOTOGRAPHERS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA THE ROYAL FAMILY ALSO TO THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE. STUDIOS 57 & 61, EBURY STREET LONDON, S.W. / Marion Imp. Paris" (verso)