Bellanger Collection

Marguerite Bellanger, French actress and courtesan
Marguerite Bellanger (1838-1886), French stage actress and courtesan, mistress of Napoleon III, seen here in evening dress. Date: circa 1860s

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1909
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing straight-front corset giving no curving to the figure at the front and a bell shape to the back. Date: 1909

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1908
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing drawstring corsets to bring in the figure. Date: 1908

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1912
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing long-line corsets, with straight-front giving no curving to the figure, and also a bra with uplift and fastener to the front. Date: 1912

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1911
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing long-line corsets, with straight-front giving no curving to the figure, and also a bra with uplift and fastener to the front. Date: 1911

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1910
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing long-line corsets, with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. Date: 1910

Proud of his new motor
A jolly chap leaning happily on the bonnet of his new car, a soft-top Bellanger Freres 3.2 Litre Tourer (French), as his female passenger (his wife?) leans out of the vehicle to get in the shot

Marguerite Bellanger
MARGUERITE BELLANGER (born Julie Leboeuf) French courtesan who rose from peasant beginnings to become the last mistress of Napoleon III

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