Madame Berthier

An actress or dancer, seen here costumed for a travesty role. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has an uncut sheet of eight portraits from this sitting; dated 1862, the sitter is identified as 'Mme Berthier.'

Several of the dancers at the Paris Opéra specialized in such roles, including Marie Petipa, Eugénie Fiocre and Marie Sanlaville.

Photographed Disdéri of Paris.