This is a carte de visite (large format cabinet card) featuring Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), a leading actress representing the French "Belle Époque" period, and Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), a famous actor who toured America with her in 1900. The photograph was taken by W. & D. Downey (brothers), who were active during the Victorian era in England and known as the photographers to the Queen. Size: 16.6 x 10.8 cm A cabinet card is a type of carte de visite (visiting card photograph), but it is four times the size of a standard visiting card. The photograph is an albumen print. #cartedevisite #visitingcardphoto #cabinetcard #belleepoque #sarahbernhardt #albumenprint