Portrait of artist Rosa Bonheur, from an album of 19th c. cartes de visite of famous artists in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery Library. Bonheur was an animaliste, a painter and sculptor of animals, and one of the 19th century’s most famous women artists.  She also received special permission from the police to wear trousers (!) in public to facilitate her study of animals.

Portrait of artist Rosa Bonheur, from an album of 19th c. cartes de visite of famous artists in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery Library.

Bonheur was an animaliste, a painter and sculptor of animals, and one of the 19th century’s most famous women artists.  She also received special permission from the police to wear trousers (!) in public to facilitate her study of animals.

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