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782 - SAND, George Visite-card portrait by Nadar, with an autographed inscription reading "To Madame Berardy [sic]" [Claire Bérardi, née Piérard]. [Paris, ca. 1872–1876] Albumen print, approx. 8.5 × 5.5 cm, mounted on yellow backing card on the front with the initial “N” printed in red; white on the back with Nadar’s mark and address “rue d’Anjou St Honoré, 51” (minimal soiling on the reverse). Fine condition. Portrait by Nadar with an extremely rare autograph inscription. Claire Piérard, wife of Léon Bérardi (1817–1897), a prominent French-born newspaperman based in Brussels where he edited the daily newspaper “L’Indépendance belge,” hosted a salon for the Brussels elite. The couple maintained numerous connections in Belgian and French literary and artistic circles.
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SAND, George Visite-card portrait by Nadar, with an autographed inscription reading "To Madame Berardy [sic]" [Claire Bérardi, née Piérard]. [Paris, ca. 1872–1876] Albumen print, approx. 8.5 × 5.5 cm, mounted on yellow backing card on the front with the initial “N” printed in red; white on the back with Nadar’s mark and address “rue d’Anjou St Honoré, 51” (minimal soiling on the reverse). Fine condition. Portrait by Nadar with an extremely rare autograph inscription. Claire Piérard, wife of Léon Bérardi (1817–1897), a prominent French-born newspaperman based in Brussels where he edited the daily newspaper “L’Indépendance belge,” hosted a salon for the Brussels elite. The couple maintained numerous connections in Belgian and French literary and artistic circles.
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