Boussod, Valadon et Cie., Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, 1880
The exhibition presented six examples of photo-aquatint and photo-gravure by Boussod, Valadon et Cie., which showed the possibilities for reproducing artworks, whether drawings in graphite or ink, engravings, oil paintings, or photographs. American viewers almost certainly would have recognized internationally acclaimed French stage actor Sarah Bernhardt, pictured here.