Mlle. Raucourt D'après le Portrait peint par Mr. Gros en 1796 ... Gravée par Ruotte

by Theatre, Françoise Marie Antoinette Saucerotte Raucourt

$165 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

390 x 290 mm. Some foxing and minor wear. Hall III, p. 385 2 . Raucourt, a popular and controversial French actress, made her debut at the Comédie Française in 1772 as Dido, going on to play all the classical tragédienne roles. Her beauty and talent had made her famous, but her not so secret love affairs with other women made her notorious. ... Raucourt led the Sect of Anadrynes, a society of lesbians in

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