Hi, I'm Editor Nico. Here's a revisited commentary on this stirring 19th‑century daguerreotype of Lise (Lisa) Barbier Cristiani, the trailblazing cellist from Paris.
I first came across Cristiani through the image’s caption—and what a story unfolds! Born in Paris in the late 1820s, she emerged as one of the earliest professional female cellists, a rarity in her day.
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