The first 9 photos of Jane in this collection are probably the best you are likely to find in terms of quality.
The Great Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (24th November 1864 - 9th September 1901) - "Without a doubt I owed him the fame I enjoyed from that very first moment his poster of me appeared."
Jean-Martin Charcot (29th November 1825 - 16th August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is best known today for his work on hypnosis and hysteria. Jane was placed under his care during her time at The Salpêtrière.
Jeanne met the Grandson of William Wordsworth, a journalist, would be poet and friend of Oscar Wilde called Robert Harborough Sherard (3rd December 1861 - 30th January 1943) Robert offered Jeanne his heart and she took it and in so doing offered him her own.
It was Robert Sherard who collaborated with Jeanne to come up with the name JANE AVRIL! Jane being the English name for Jeanne and Avril being the time of year. 'Paris in the Spring.' He died just 2 weeks after Jane passed away.
It was Robert Sherard who collaborated with Jeanne to come up with the name JANE AVRIL! Jane being the English name for Jeanne and Avril being the time of year. 'Paris in the Spring.' He died just 2 weeks after Jane passed away.
On her friendship with Théodore de Wyczéwa (12 September 1862 – 15 April 1917)
"It was the strangest and most beautiful friendship of my life.... I'll never be able to say how much good he did for me.... He had the soul of a saint.... I have never met a being who could be compared to him."
"It was the strangest and most beautiful friendship of my life.... I'll never be able to say how much good he did for me.... He had the soul of a saint.... I have never met a being who could be compared to him."
Arsène Houssaye (28 March 1815 – 26 February 1896) was a French novelist, poet and man of letters.
Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French writer and humorist!
May Milton was an English dancer who appeared at the Moulin Rouge.
