Catalina Legault By Gaspard-Félix Tournachon
Thursday, July 03, 2014
Last September I was in Buenos Aires for two weeks. On one of my days there I went to the old Buenos Aires quarter called San Telmo where they have a fine market. If you are looking for SS paraphernalia there is a good chance you might find some there. I was intrigued by this old albumen print from around the late1850s that according to the seller was a genuine print by French photographer Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon 1820-1910). There was in the image a resemblance to the famous Paris Opera Ballet dancer Catalina Legault who some say had a long and scandalous affair with writer Alexandre Dumas. I paid $50 for it and even if it is not a genuine Nadar print I feel it is still a bargain
