Marie duplessis

Marie Duplessis, Lady with Camellias by Edouard Vienot

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337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

Marie Duplessis was born in 1824 as Rose Alphonsine Plessis in a poor family she was passed around as a child and only moved to Paris when she came of age. While in Paris she was constantly in and out of jobs and soon came to realise that her looks were best asset. So she began her life as a courtesan and began to work her way up to the wealthiest citizens of Paris. Her head was turned by the wealth and her days were now filled with shopping and getting ready for the Salon's, Parties or…

Marie Duplessis at her deathbed. Painting attributed to Charles Chaplin. He painted her on 3th February, only a few hours after she died in her appartement at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine.

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