Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer, comedian and nightclub owner Finish:Float frame Kurdish barber

Kurdish barber

Double-hinged tortoiseshell spectacles worn by natural philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)

with reversed title in the upper margin for use with a Vue d'Optique viewing box

From 'Paris qui s'eveille'

Magnus III (1073-1103)

Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer, comedian and nightclub owner Finish:Float frame Kurdish barberAristide Bruant, French cabaret singer, comedian and nightclub owner, 1901. Bruant (1851 1925) was a friend of the artist Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and featured on a famous poster by the artist, in which he is depicted wearing a red scarf and a black hat and cape. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L'Arcade, Paris 8, 1855 1915.