French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, 1891, in Salome written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, though Sarah did not perform it

Portraits of the French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) as Cleopatra photographed in 1891 by Napoleon Sarony (1821 - 1896), for Salome written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), though Sarah did not perform it.