[Céline MONTALAND (1843-1891), actress, dancer, singer and g - Lot 465

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[Céline MONTALAND (1843-1891), actress, dancer, singer and g - Lot 465
[Céline MONTALAND (1843-1891), actress, dancer, singer and great courtesan. Vintage print on albumen paper, business card size, 10.5 x 6 cm. Recorded in the register of the Police des Mœurs RBB2, under number 740: "It is the mother herself who receives the men who wish to have intimate relations with her daughter, and who sets the price of her favours; but she never asks for less than fifteen hundred francs. It was under these conditions that Count Leopold Le Hon was introduced to her a few days ago. It is assured that during a trip she made some years ago to Spain, she fell dangerously ill, and that Napoleon III sent her six thousand francs for treatment [...]."
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