Cl閛 de MERODE (September 27th 1875 - October 17th 1966); "One of the most graceful flowers of the ballet of the Opera ..."; portrait of the French dancer and film actress; the comment alludes maliciously to the alleged secret relationship with Leopold II; king of Belgium. Page from "Nos Jolies Actrices Photographi閑s par Reutlinger"; collection of images taken from the illustrated weekly "Le Panorama"; collectable individually or in the album. The Austrian-born photographer L閛pold Reutlinger (17 March 1863 - 16 March 1937); having inherited the flourishing family business in 1893; greatly enriched his catalog of portraits of celebrities; with particular attention to actresses; soubrettes and cocottes; for which he conceived of real "staging" exalting femininity and sensuality; his care in creating images extended to the photomechanical creation of clich閟 for letterpress printing. Paris; 1896