Edgar Chahine (1874-1947) Louise France at mid-body. 1902. Drypoint. 287 x 405. Tabanelli 89. Beautiful proof on laid paper, dedicated in the lower left corner of the subject in pencil: "to Madame F. Alberti-Hom / very respectfully", then signed and titled. Light scattered foxing. Good margins. Edition of 50 proofs. Thérèse Wolff, known as Louise France (1841-1903), was a realist teller in the Montmartre cabaret of the Chat Noir by Rodolphe Salis. Chahine also represented her in the role of Madame Vauquer, which she played in an adaptation of Balzac's Père Goriot at the Théâtre Libre under the direction of André Antoine in 1891. She then played Marguerite in Père by Auguste Strindberg in 1894, directed by Lugné-Poe at the Théâtre de l'œuvre. She was also masterful as Mother Ubu by Alfred Jarry in 1896.