Here is the 2nd half of that yard sale find, they are really beautiful 7 1/2-8" by 11-12" color prints attached to framable heavy cardboard-paper, and these look to be from the same era maybe earlier, I am guessing 1890's) but these obviously did not come out of a magazine or book, but rather were purchased individually. Some look like prints of actual portraits others look like prints of colored photos. The color is really striking on most of them. They include:
Mme. Rosa Sucher as Isolde Rose Caron as Desdemona Herman Winkelmann as Walther Von Stolzing Calve as Carmen (this one is really bewitching) Van Dyck as Lohengrin Frau Katherine Klapsky as Isolde Albert Niemann as Tristan Mme Marcella Sembrich as Violetta Alvary as Siegfried Edouard De Reszke as Mephistopheles(Really Sinister) Emma Eames Story as La Contessa Carmencita for you Opera buffs out there, what would have been the origin of these magnificent prints? would they have been available for purchase at Opera Houses like the Met? Bruce -------------------------------------------
