LIST OF PLATES
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Sarah Bernhardt as Adrienne Lecouvreur Frontispiece
Sarah Bernhardt and her Mother 4
The Grand Champ Convent, from the Garden 18
Le Conservatoire National de Musique et de Déclamation, Paris 66
Sarah Bernhardt in the Hands of her Coiffeur, before going to the Conservatoire Examination 82
Sarah Bernhardt on Leaving the Conservatoire 90
An Early Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt; Sarah Bernhardt in Les Femmes Savantes; Sarah Bernhardt as the Duc de Richelieu 100
Sarah Bernhardt in François le Champi 128
Sarah Bernhardt in a Fancy Costume 136
Sarah Bernhardt. From the Portrait in the Théâtre Français 176
Skull in Sarah Bernhardt’s Library, with Autograph Verses by Victor Hugo 232
Sarah Bernhardt at a Fancy-dress Ball 240
Sarah Bernhardt at Work on her Médée 244
Sarah Bernhardt Painting (1878–9) 252
Sarah Bernhardt in her Coffin 256
A Corner of the Library 264
Library in Sarah Bernhardt’s House 268
Sarah Bernhardt at Home. From the Painting by Walter Spindler 276
Sarah Bernhardt as Dona Sol in Hernani 282
A Corner of the Hall, with a Painting by Chartran of Sarah Bernhardt as Gismonda 288
Sarah Bernhardt in Riding Costume 304
“Ophelia.” Sculpture by Sarah Bernhardt 314
Sarah Bernhardt. From the Portrait by Mlle. Louis Abbema 318
viiiSarah Bernhardt. From the Portrait by Jules Bastien-Lepage 324
Sarah Bernhardt (1879) 334
Sarah Bernhardt as Andromaque 338
Sarah Bernhardt in Travelling Costume (1880) 342
Sarah Bernhardt and Members of her Company out Shooting 400
Bust of Victorien Sardou, by Sarah Bernhardt 440
Facsimile of Sarah Bernhardt’s Handwriting 442
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