Sarah Bernhardt
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Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy B
Bernhardt in 1880
Bernhardt with her mother
Debut of Bernhardt in Les Femmes Savantes at the Comédie-Française, 1862
Sarah Bernhardt in 1864; age 20, by photographer Félix Nadar
Edward VII
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Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
Sarah Bernhardt
…to him, but he gradually won her over and she became a fervent admirer. The play premiered on 16 January 1872. The opening night was attended by the Prince of Wales and by Hugo; after the performance, Hugo approached Bernhardt, dropped to one knee, and kissed her hand. Ruy Blas played to packed houses. A few months…
Formal portrait, c. 1900s
The Christening of the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 25 January 1842
Portrait of Edward by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1846
Edward and his entourage at Niagara Falls, 1860