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Demimonde liaisons

Jane Raffan feasts on modernity’s entrée in the Belle Époque theatre of the demimonde.

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Sarah Bernhardt, 1876 by Georges Clairin
Sarah Bernhardt, 1876 by Georges Clairin
Portrait of Madame de Florian, c.1898 by Giovanni Boldini
Portrait of Madame de Florian, c.1898 by Giovanni Boldini
Portrait of Ernest Duez, 1876 by Paul Mathey
Portrait of Ernest Duez, 1876 by Paul Mathey
Woman with a Black Boa, 1892 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Woman with a Black Boa, 1892 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Woman at the Champs-Élysées by night, 1890-91 by Louis Anquetin
Woman at the Champs-Élysées by night, 1890-91 by Louis Anquetin
Woman in a veil, 1891 by Louis Anquetin
Woman in a veil, 1891 by Louis Anquetin
Portrait of Robert Count of Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1879 by Henri Lucien Doucet
Portrait of Robert Count of Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1879 by Henri Lucien Doucet
Portrait of Oscar Wilde, 1895 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of Oscar Wilde, 1895 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Woman in a barouche, c. 1889 by Louis Anquetin
Woman in a barouche, c. 1889 by Louis Anquetin
Portrait of André Gide, c. 1890 by Jacques Émile Blanche
Portrait of André Gide, c. 1890 by Jacques Émile Blanche
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