[Photograph of Natalie Barney seated while a child rests at her feet]

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Title: [Photograph of Natalie Barney seated while a child rests at her feet]
Contributor: Barney, Natalie Clifford
D'Annunzio, Gabriele,--1863-1938
Emié, Louis,--1900-
Published / Created: Undated
Abstract: This collection consists principally of photographic prints of Barney at various ages: as a teenager; as a young woman in Victorian attire and in riding gear; with Gabriele d'Annunzio; with Romaine Brooks; with unidentified friends; and by herself at age 48. Also included are: a photographic postcard addressed to "Chère Rachilde"; an inscribed calling card; and a copy of a book of poems by Louis Emié ("Hauts Desirs Sans Absence" Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1953), inscribed to Barney, with a letter from Barney to Emié.
Description: Natalie Barney was a poet, playwright, novelist and essayist, whose salon in Paris, while serving as a gathering point for writers in general, aimed to promote the writings of women.
Purchased from David J. Holmes on the Danforth N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 1996
Verso of photograph mount is blank.
Extent: 1 folder (1photographic print) : b&w ; 15.6 x 11 cm. on mount 23.3 x 18.5 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Format: still image
Genre: Photographic prints.--aat
photographs (AAT)
Studio portraits.--aat
Subject (Name): Barney, Natalie Clifford
D'Annunzio, Gabriele,--1863-1938
Emié, Louis,--1900-
Subject (Topic): Authors, American--20th century
Authors, French--20th century
Women authors, French

Access: Public
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Citation: Natalie Barney Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.