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Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt (1844-1923), Actress

Sitter associated with 32 portraits
World-renowned Parisian-born actress, Bernhardt entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1859. Made her debut at the Comédie-Française in 1862 and moved to the Odéon, where she won fame as Doña Maria in Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (1872) before retuning to the Comédie-Française. After 1876 she made frequent appearances in America, Europe and London where she mixed with the artistic elite including Ellen Terry and Oscar Wilde. Her most applauded roles include Phèdre (1874) and Marguerite in La Dame aux camélias (1884). Founded the Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt in 1899. In 1915 she had a leg amputated but carried performing.

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Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt

by Frédéric Florian, or by Ernest Florian, after Jan Marie Constantin van Beers
wood engraving, probably 1890s
NPG D1062

Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt

after a photograph by Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
relief halftone, probably 1890s
NPG D1063

Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt

published by William Heinemann, after Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1897
NPG D9631

Sarah Henriette Rosine Bernhardt

published by William Heinemann, after Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 (1897)
On display in Room 29: Wall case at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D32973