Ouida. Carte de Visite.

An eccentric celebrity, Ouida had a complicated life-long relationship with the press. She was acutely sensitive of how she was portrayed but strictly against giving interviews. The result led to her misrepresentation as the subject of myriad rumors. To this day there are photographic images circulating claiming to be of Ouida, which in reality are not her at all. This carte de visite reproduces the most recognized of the only real photographs of the author.