Hortense Collection

Hortense Schneider / Waler
HORTENSE SCHNEIDER French soprano singer who appeared in many of Offenbachs operettas

Deadly nightshade and black nightshade
Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, and black nightshade, Solanum nigrum (Solanum hortense). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in her dressing room
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in her dressing room at the Theatre des Varietes. Date: 1867

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in travelling clothes
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in travelling clothes. Date: circa 1850s

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in evening dress
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in evening dress. Date: circa 1850s

Hortense Schneider, French soprano, in costume
Hortense Schneider (1833-1920), French soprano, best known for her roles in Offenbach's operettas. Seen here in costume in the role of the Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Date: circa 1867

White mustard, Sinapis alba, and hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Garden cress, Lepidium sativum, and creeping yellowcress, Rorippa sylvestris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Mlle. Clarisse as Hortense in La Dame de St. Tropez, 1844
Clarisse Miroy as Hortense in La Dame de St. Tropez by Anicet-Bourgeois and Dennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

Hortense Beauharnais, Queen consort of Holland, daughter of Josephine 1783-1837. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix, WW1
A typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix. Here I took my cafe au lait each morning before going down line. Annotated on back of picture - Hortense Delacroix

Hortense Schneider in gaiter scene
Hortense Schneider in the celebrated guitar scene. Date: 1870

The young king strolling with the Mancini sisters, nieces of
Louis XIV (1638-1715). King of France. The young king strolling with the Mancini sisters, nieces of Cardinal Mazarin. Engraving. Colored

Hortense Schneider, French singer Date: 1873

A derelict ship discovered, 1856
An abandoned ship drifting across the sea, as discovered by the Reine Hortense near Greenland in 1856. Date: 1856

Hortense De Varny
HORTENSE DE VARNY she must have done something to get herself painted and engraved like this, but if so, we don t know what... Date: CIRCA 1840

Hortense Mazarin
HORTENSE MANCINI, Duchesse de MAZARIN niece of Cardinal Mazarin, mistress of Charles II, Morte a Chelsey, Angleterre. Date: 1646 - 1699

Ant. Haudebourt-Lescot
ANTOINETTE CECILE HORTENSE, madame HAUDEBOURT-LESCOT French artist. Date: 1784 - 1845

From the grange of Queen Hortense, Cauterets, Pyrenees, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Hortense Schneider / Figar
HORTENSE SCHNEIDER French soprano singer who appeared in many of Offenbachs operettas

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