Lot n° 89
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800 - 1000
EUR
Pierre Louis PIERSON (1822-1913) - Lot 89
Pierre Louis PIERSON (1822-1913)
Full-Length Portrait of Blanche Lee Childe, 1886
Colorized photographic print, signed and numbered 51,331.
33 x 26 cm
It is protected by glass and presented in a red velvet frame, captioned by a cardboard cartouche and contained in a percaline box from Maison Mayer et Pierson, photographers to S. M. l'Empereur, Boulevard des Capucines, Paris (box in poor condition).
Provenance: Château du Perthuis.
Note: Blanche, eldest daughter of sculptor Henry de Triqueti, was an artist and woman of letters. Her first marriage was to Protestant banker François Delessert, one of the pioneers of photography and nephew of Valentine de Laborde, with whom she became close. She held salons, frequented fashionable writers and developed a passion for the mysteries of the Orient. She published her trip to Egypt, struck up a close friendship with the archaeologist and historian Salomon Reinach, and supported Pierre Loti, with whom she maintained a romantic correspondence. She wrote for the Revue des Deux-Mondes, took up painting and painted portraits, including one of Washington, now in the Musée d'Orsay (Portrait de Washington en buste, 1869, oval gouache, 24.8 x 19.7 cm, inv. no. RF5166).
In her second marriage, she married Edward Lee Childe, nephew of the famous Southern general Robert Lee (1807-1870).
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