PCT4259674: Drawing by Leon Benett, from the book of Jules Verne “The 500 million of the Begum”” - edition Hetzel/Extraordinary Voyages 1879. “”... He was no sooner suspended from the candelabre dore, than his extreme surprise, he saw him fall under his hand. The ceiling swung... a slight steel ladder descended automatically...””, Benett, Léon (1839-1917) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4258477: Courtesan, princess then saint, Liane de Pougy (Marie Anne Olympe Chassaigne, 1869 - 1950) is considered by Edmond de Goncourt as the prettiest woman of her century. It crosses Europe, stirring mad male and female passions (Charles de Mac Mahon, Roman Potocki, Maurice de Rothschild, Prince Georges Ghika, Natalie Barney etc). Friend of Cocteau, Proust, Colette, dancer and writer, she retired at the end of her life in the monastic order of Saint Dominica. Pougy's Liana at the Olympia, Photo Reutlinger. Postcard early 20th century., Reutlinger Studio (1850-1937) / Bridgeman Images