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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1885 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate Number 5, 'Mlle Asselin' in Hippomène et Atalante. It shows a woman in a dress with a full, layered skirt and scalloped hem and trimmed with garlands of blue flowers. The blue and white striped upper sleeves finish at the elbow to reveal tight blue sleeves below. She wears a delicate blue and white flower choker and her hair is dressed with blue and white feathers. Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Plate Number 5, 'Mlle Asselin' in Hippomène et Atalante, this comes from a publication entitled. 'Costumes des Ballets du Roy. Archives de L'Opera XVIIIth siècle, avec une notice de M.C.Nutter, 20 Planches en couleur par A.Guillaumot Fils, Paris, ed. Monnier &Cie, Éditeurs'. Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Plate Number 5, 'Mlle Asselin' in Hippomène et Atalante. It shows a woman in a dress with a full, layered skirt and scalloped hem and trimmed with garlands of blue flowers. The blue and white striped upper sleeves finish at the elbow to reveal tight blue sleeves below. She wears a delicate blue and white flower choker and her hair is dressed with blue and white feathers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 22cm
Production typeCopy
Literary referenceHippomene et Atlante
Summary
Plate Number 5, 'Mlle Asselin' in Hippomène et Atalante. It shows a woman in a dress with a full, layered skirt and scalloped hem and trimmed with garlands of blue flowers. The blue and white striped upper sleeves finish at the elbow to reveal tight blue sleeves below. She wears a delicate blue and white flower choker and her hair is dressed with blue and white feathers. Harry Beard Collection.
Associated object
Other number
F.157-60 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.3959:2-2009

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2010
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