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![[Benoit Constant Coquelin, 1841-1909, full length, standing, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODgvMDEvMDEvYmVub2l0LWNvbnN0YW50LWNvcXVlbGluLTE4NDEtMTkwOS1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/485/jpg "[Benoit Constant Coquelin, 1841-1909, full length, standing, facing slightly right]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, half-length portrait, lying in bed, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLTE4MzUtMTkxMC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1seWluZy1pbi1iZWQtZmFjaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, half-length portrait, lying in bed, facing left]")
![[Clara Clemens, 1874-1962, three-quarter length portrait, seated,facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvY2xhcmEtY2xlbWVucy0xODc0LTE5NjItdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "[Clara Clemens, 1874-1962, three-quarter length portrait, seated,facing left]")
![[Loie Fuller, 1869-1928, full length, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTYvMDEvMDEvbG9pZS1mdWxsZXItMTg2OS0xOTI4LWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "[Loie Fuller, 1869-1928, full length, standing, facing left]")
![[Caleb H. Carlton full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvY2FsZWItaC1jYXJsdG9uLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1yaWdodC1pbi0xODYxLTc2Y2NhMC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Caleb H. Carlton full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in 1861]")
![[Benjamin Peffer Lamberton, 1844-1912, half length portrait, standing, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvYmVuamFtaW4tcGVmZmVyLWxhbWJlcnRvbi0xODQ0LTE5MTItaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Benjamin Peffer Lamberton, 1844-1912, half length portrait, standing, facing front]")
![[Sarah Bernhardt, 1844-1923, full length portrait, standing, arms stretched out, facing right, as "Phèdre"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2FyYWgtYmVybmhhcmR0LTE4NDQtMTkyMy1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1hcm1zLXN0cmV0Y2hlZC1vdXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Sarah Bernhardt, 1844-1923, full length portrait, standing, arms stretched out, facing right, as \"Phèdre\"]")
