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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 304995, member: 33"]It's a 20th-century print, for sure. It doesn't show signs of being a copy of an older photo, but could be. Something about the style of it looks like an older photo. The setting around him is a huge mess, though. You don't see 19th-century studio photos in that sort of disarray. So I'm thinking it probably originated in the 20th century and is NOT a copy of an older photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a moment the man looked a little familiar to me. He's definitely in costume, playing Napoleon. Looking around on the site that Bev linked, I agree that it might take a while, but could also be fascinating. <a href="http://napoleon.hollowaypages.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://napoleon.hollowaypages.com/" rel="nofollow">http://napoleon.hollowaypages.com/</a> You also would have to seek out photos of some of the actors, because it doesn't appear that that site has photos of all of them. And the site seems to focus on films, not stage plays. This fellow definitely resembles others who have been in the role.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's all I have for now. I do think this is an actor, but whether stage or film I have no idea. And the disarray of the set confuses me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 304995, member: 33"]It's a 20th-century print, for sure. It doesn't show signs of being a copy of an older photo, but could be. Something about the style of it looks like an older photo. The setting around him is a huge mess, though. You don't see 19th-century studio photos in that sort of disarray. So I'm thinking it probably originated in the 20th century and is NOT a copy of an older photo. For a moment the man looked a little familiar to me. He's definitely in costume, playing Napoleon. Looking around on the site that Bev linked, I agree that it might take a while, but could also be fascinating. [URL]http://napoleon.hollowaypages.com/[/URL] You also would have to seek out photos of some of the actors, because it doesn't appear that that site has photos of all of them. And the site seems to focus on films, not stage plays. This fellow definitely resembles others who have been in the role. That's all I have for now. I do think this is an actor, but whether stage or film I have no idea. And the disarray of the set confuses me.[/QUOTE]
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