Offered is an original hand-colored real photo postcard featuring a portrait of Rachel De Roy wearing an elaborate historical-style costume with a decorative feathered headdress and ruffled collar. The postcard has been enhanced with applied glitter accents, adding sparkle to portions of the costume and headdress. The front is identified with the sitter's name, Rachel De Roy, and the photographer credit Ogerau phot. The reverse is an unused French postcard back.
This postcard belongs to the Golden Age of Postcards, when photographic portraits of stage performers, entertainers, and notable personalities were widely collected throughout Europe. Hand-coloring was often added to monochrome photographic postcards to create a more lifelike appearance, while glitter embellishments provided an eye-catching decorative effect that made these cards especially appealing to collectors and gift-givers.
The French-language undivided back, reading "Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse" ("This side is reserved exclusively for the address"), reflects an early postcard format used before message space was commonly provided on the address side.
This postcard is collectible for several reasons, including:
The combination of real photography, hand coloring, and glitter embellishment makes postcards like this especially appealing to collectors of early decorative photographic postcards.
Pre-owned postcard showing age-related wear consistent with storage and handling. Condition may include:
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