Marie-Therese Bourgouin as Roxelane in Les Trois Sultanes by Charles Simon Favart, Theatre Francais, 1803. Based on the story of Hurrem, a Ukrainian girl kidnapped for Suleyman II's harem, but who later became his sole and legal wife. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Alexandre-Marie Colin from Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans different roles, F. Noel, Paris, 1825.

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