Original hand-colored gelatin silver print, marked AN Paris in the negative. AN stands for Alfred Noyer. Alfred Noyer (active 1900s–1940s) was a renowned French photographer and postcard publisher who operated a prominent studio in Paris. He is best remembered for his iconic sepia-toned and heavily hand-colored real photo postcards (RPPCs) featuring famous actresses, opera singers, and cultural subjects. The photograph here on auction is one of the larger hand-colored vintage prints which are quite rare in this format. AGE: c. 1920s, original vintage photograph PROCESS: hand-colored gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper DIMENSIONS: c. 27.9 x 21.9 cm CONDITION: very good as illustrated.