Thais Collection

Massenet / Thais / First
Sybil Sanderson and Charles Delmas in the first production of this opera which tells of an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit

Cavalieri / Thais Postcard
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit

MASSENET/THAIS/SANDERSON
Sybil Sanderson takes the title role in this story of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CARD
She is an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit, rejecting the sensual love offered by Athanael. Date: first performed 1894

Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CAVALIERI
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo 1
Mountain Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo 1, and southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena 2, larva and pupa. Parnassius apollon, Thais medesicaste. Papillons, butterflies

Tiger leafwing, orsis bluewing and Ceretes thais moth
Tiger leafwing, Consul fabius Nymphalis hippona, upper side 1, under side 2, orsis bluewing, Myscelia orsis Nymphalis orsis male 3, and Ceretes thais moth, Castnia thais 4

MASSENET / THAIS SCENE
JULES MASSENET French composer with a scene from his opera Thais Date: 1842 - 1912

Illustration, Rhopalocera -- Thais Cerisyi, Gonepteryx Cleopatra, Euchloe Belemia, Zegris Eupheme, Argynnis Laodice, Vanessa Levana, Vanessa Ichnusa, Spilothyrus Lavaterae, Pamphila Nostrodamus

Frontispiece, Papilionidae -- Papilio Podalirius, Papilio Alexanor, Papilio Machaon, Thais Hypermnestra, Thais Rumina, Doritis Apollinus

History of the Missions, 1863. King of Siam and Jesuits
HENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863

Jules Massenet in Study
JULES MASSENET French composer of Thais and other operas depicted in his study in 1890. Date: 1842 - 1912

Jules Massenet
JULES MASSENET French composer of Thais and other operas. Date: 1842 - 1912

French Opera star - Jean-Francois Delmas
Jean-FrancO©s Delmas (18611933) - a French bass-baritone who created roles in many French operas including Athanael in Thais. Date: circa 1910

THAILAND. CENTRAL. PHRA NAKHON. Ayutthaya. Wat Phra Mahathat (14th c.). Head of Buddha

THAILAND. Bangkok. Wat Pho. Wat Pho / Chedis / Monks

THAILAND. Khamphaeng Phet. Wat Phra Kaeo. Painting with mythological scene (18th-19th c.)

Prang Sam Yod, Thailand
Prang Sam Yod, Lopburi, Thailand. This massive stone sanctuary was founded in the thirteenth century by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII

Anatole France + Thais
ANATOLE FRANCE (real name Jacques Thibaut) French writer, with illustration for his 1890 novel Thais

St Thais / Legende Doree
SAINT THAIS OF ALEXANDRIA courtesan converted by St Paphnutius, whereupon she made a public bonfire of her wealth and became a nun, submitting to severe austerities

Cavalieri / Theatre 1907
LINA CAVALIERI Italian singer, as Thais (Massenet)

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