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<p>[QUOTE="Roaring20s, post: 4255477, member: 17270"]I'm going to continue with the thin line of thought regarding the sitter being La Goulue.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's unclear to me if La Goulue began working with animals prior to her marriage to Joseph-Nicolas Droxler in 1900. Together starring in their the lion taming act. </p><p><a href="http://quilesfrederique9.e-monsite.com/pages/dossiers-1/la-goulue.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://quilesfrederique9.e-monsite.com/pages/dossiers-1/la-goulue.html" rel="nofollow">http://quilesfrederique9.e-monsite.com/pages/dossiers-1/la-goulue.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The act ended in 1907, three years after this ...</p><p><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23008258/la-goulou-lion-tamer/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23008258/la-goulou-lion-tamer/" rel="nofollow">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23008258/la-goulou-lion-tamer/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]338145[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, how could a painting of a French entertainer end up being framed in Johannesburg? Perhaps as a souvenir of a grand time in Paris.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1900 Paris Exposition was held between April and November, and the South African Republic had a pavilion. The 1900 Summer Olympics Games were also hosted in Paris.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's all that I can imagine.</p><p><br /></p><p>James.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roaring20s, post: 4255477, member: 17270"]I'm going to continue with the thin line of thought regarding the sitter being La Goulue. It's unclear to me if La Goulue began working with animals prior to her marriage to Joseph-Nicolas Droxler in 1900. Together starring in their the lion taming act. [URL]http://quilesfrederique9.e-monsite.com/pages/dossiers-1/la-goulue.html[/URL] The act ended in 1907, three years after this ... [URL]https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23008258/la-goulou-lion-tamer/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]338145[/ATTACH] So, how could a painting of a French entertainer end up being framed in Johannesburg? Perhaps as a souvenir of a grand time in Paris. The 1900 Paris Exposition was held between April and November, and the South African Republic had a pavilion. The 1900 Summer Olympics Games were also hosted in Paris. That's all that I can imagine. James.[/QUOTE]
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