Lussan, Zelie de - Cabinet Photograph and Signed Album Page 1898

American soprano/mezzo soprano (1861-1949). 

Unsigned cabinet photograph, shown possibly in role, mounted onto larger piece of cardboard which contains her signature and inscription, dated in 1898. Cabinet photo is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, with a gold-plated printed signature of the photographer Reutlinger, Paris and is in excellent inscription. Total item size is 9.5 x 12.5 inches, some rips and tears on the edges of the cardboard and mounting traces on verso, but otherwise beautiful and well-preserved historic item.