Varietes Collection

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

Street scene with Morris Column, Paris
Street scene in Paris with Morris Column. Date: circa 1930s

Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, 1799
Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, Fontaine de Leda, in the Rue du Regard, Paris, Year VII, 1799. (Designed by Francois-Jean Bralle and built in 1807)

Fashionable woman in front of the Theatre des Varietes, Boulevard Montmartre, Year VII, 1799. (Built in 1807). She wears bonnet, fichu, high-waisted robe and long-sleeved gloves

Perrier as Dupont in Le Celibataire et l Homme marie
Perrier as Dupont, l Homme marie, in Le Celibataire et l Homme marie by Alexis-Jacques-Marie Wafflard at the Odeon, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles

Hugues Bouffe in the vaudeville Le Chevalier de Grignon by Melesville (Anne Honore Joseph Duveyrier) and Jean Francois Alfred Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1844

Madame Thibaut in the vaudeville Le Chevalier de Grignon by Melesville (Anne Honore Joseph Duveyrier) and Jean Francois Alfred Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1844

Mlle. Pauline Anais as Mariana in Les Sirenes, Theatre des Varietes, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Louis Lasalle from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Mlle Valence in the vaudeville piece Marjolaine, Theatre des Varietes, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Delphine Marquet as Louise in La Baronne de Blignac, 1846
French actress Delphine Marquet as Louise in La Baronne de Blignac by Dumanoir and Nyon, Theatre des Varietes, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Indiana in Indiana
French actress Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Indiana in Indiana Charlemagne, by Dumanoir and Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

French actress Mlle Chavigny as Carline in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Marie Julie Elizabeth Pitron as Fanchon in
French actress Marie Julie Elizabeth Pitron as the grisette Fanchon in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Madame Paul Ernest as the Marquise in Gentil Bernard, 1846
French actress Madame Paul Ernest as the Marquise in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Gentil Bernard
French actress Pauline Virginie Dejazet as Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer, by Philippe-Francois Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Mlle Dejazet and Madame Bressant in Gentil Bernard, 1846
French actress Pauline Virginie Dejazet in drag as Gentil Bernard and Elisabeth Augustine Dupont or Madame Bressant as Claudine in Gentil Bernard, ou L Art d aimer

Judith Julie Bernat as Mlle Salle in Gentil Bernard, 1846
Mlle. Judith or Judith Julie Bernat as Mlle Salle in Gentil Bernard by Dumanoir and Clairville, Theatre des Varietes, 1846

Elisabeth Bressant as Nini Pompon in Les Deux
Mme. Elisabeth Augustine Bressant as Nini Pompon in les Deux Compagnons du Tour de France by Lockroy and Wailly, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Mlle. Pauline Virginie Dejazet in La Gardeuse de Dindons by Dartois and Bieville, Theatre des Varietes, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets

Mlle. Volet as Cesarine in Les Deux Pierrots, 1845
Mlle. Volet as Cesarine in Les Deux Pierrots by Bayard, Theatre des Varietes, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

Pierre-Cheri Lafont in the role of Rafaello in A Fairy Tale (Un Conte de Fee) by Leuven/Lherie, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Pauline Dejazet in the role of the Marquise
Pauline Virginie Dejazet in the role of the Marquise in A Fairy Tale (Un Conte de Fee) by Leuven/Lherie, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Pierre-Cheri Lafont and Madame Bressant in
Pierre-Cheri Lafont in the role of Frontin and Madame Bressant or Augustine Dupont as Marinette in Theophile Gautiers Le Tricorne Enchante, Theatre des Varietes, 1845

Emanuel Lepeintre Jr. as Galop in Jacquot, 1843
Emanuel Lepeintre Jr. as Galop in Jacquot by Lurieu and Guinot, Theatre des Varietes, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

Charles Gabriel Potier as Jacques in The Conscript, 1824
Charles Gabriel Potier as Jacques in Le Conscrit by Antoine Simonnin and Ferdinand Laloue, Theatre des Varietes, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Charles-Edme Vernet as Dominique in La Famille du Porteur d Eau by Allarde, Gabriel de Lurieu, Theatre des Varietes, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Mlle Pauline as Jeanny in the vaudeville piece Trilby, 1823
Mlle Pauline as Jeanny in the vaudeville piece Trilby by Theaulon, Lafontaine and Jouslin, Theatre des Varietes, 1823. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Jenny Vertpre as Michelette in La Servante Justifiee, 1822
Jenny Vertpre or Madame Pierre Carmouche as Michelette in La Servante Justifiee by Brazier, Carmouche, Theatre des Varietes, 1822. Handcoloured lithograph by F

French actor Lepeintre as Birbeth in Trilby, 1823
French actor Lepeintre as Birbeth in the vaudeville piece Trilby by Theaulon, Lafontaine and Jouslin, Theatre des Varietes, 1823. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Charles Potier and Mlle. Pauline in L Homme
French actor Charles Potier and Mlle. Pauline in the comedy L Homme de Soixante Ans by d Artois, Simonnin and Ferdinand at the Theatre des Varietes, 1824

Jenny-Vertpre as Lise in La fille mal gardee
French actress Jenny-Vertpre (1797-1865) as Lise in La fille mal gardee at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Potier as Blouse in Les Blouses at the Theatre
French actor Charles-Gabriel Potier as Blouse in the comedy Les Blouses by Gabriel and Armand at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822

Lepeintre as Franc-coeur in Les Moissoneurs
French actor Charles Emmanuel Lepeintre (1782-1854) as Franc-coeur in Les Moissoneurs by Francis, Brazier and Dumersan at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821

Legrand as Lesec in Marchande de Goujons at the Varietes
French actor Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Marie Legrand (1782-1854) as Lesec in La Marchande de Goujons by Francis and Dartois at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821

French actor Charles Edme Vernet as le Comte
French actor Charles Edme Vernet (1789-1848) as le Comte Derfort in L Ennui at the Varietes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Mlle. Flore as Marielle in Coin de Rue at the Varietes
French actress Mlle. Francoise Flore Corvee (1790-1853) as Marielle in Coin de Rue at the Varietes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French comic actor Brunet as Jocrisse in Jocrisse
French comic actor Brunet (Jean-Joseph Mira, 1766-1853) as Jocrisse in Jocrisse corrige by Charles-Auguistin Sewrin at the Theatre des Varietes, 1812

Jacques Nicolas Tiercelin as Bonneau in Les Auvergnats
Jacques Nicolas Tiercelin (1764-1837) as Bonneau in Les Auvergnats by Marc-Antoine Desaugiers and Gentil de Chavagnac at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris

Comic actor Charles Potier as Lantimeche in
Comic actor Charles Potier (1774-1838) as Lantimeche in Combat des Montagnes by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 1816

French actress Mlle. Pauline as Henriette
French actress Mlle. Pauline (Jeanne Marguerite Nicole Lavrilliere) as Henriette in Jarretiere de la Mariee by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 1816

Backstage at a the Variety Theatre, Paris, France
Backstage at the Variety Theatre in Paris, before the show begins. Names include Castera, Duvernon, Brossard, Valentino, Dea, De Prony, Lassouche and Darbel

Maud Allen as Salome
Maud Allan dancing during a performance at the Varietes, Paris. Date: 1907

HORSE RACE ON STAGE
How a horse race was simulated on stage, at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris Date: 1891

Paris, France - Tribunal de Commerce. Date: 1865

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