Paul Legrand as Pierrot
Adrien Tournachon, 1854-1860
Salt-paper print with a protective coating, from a collodion glass negative, 31 x 23.3 cm.
BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, EO-99 (1)-PET FOL
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
On the stages of the so-called "Boulevard of Crime," Paul Legrand was Charles Deburau's great rival in the role of Pierrot. More romantic and sentimental than Deburau, whose slender physique had a matchless elegance, he was equally famous in France and abroad.
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