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Picture No 11768612
Date 1912
Description Madame Steinheil at work
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Marguerite Jeanne "Meg" Japy Steinheil, Lady Abinger (1869 - 1954), French woman famous for her many love affairs with important men. She became notorious when it became known that she was present at the death of President Félix Faure, who allegedly had a seizure while having sex with her. She was later suspected of the murder of her husband and stepmother. Famously acquitted after a sensational trial, she went on to write her memoirs.
Source Unattributed photograph in 'The Tatler', 20 March 1912
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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