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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1885 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate number 6, entitled Mlle Vestris in Jephité. She is wearing in a full, layered skirt, decorated with frills and loosely gathered strips of yellow fabric and her hair is dressed with a white feather and a length of yellow fabric (matching that used to decorate her dress) and which hangs down her back. Harry Beard Collection.

Cross referencing the image with the list of plates indicates that this production took place in 1761 and was a tradegy.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Plate number 6, entitled Mlle Vestris in Jephité, 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 6, entitled Mlle Vestris in Jephité. She is wearing in a full, layered skirt, decorated with frills and loosely gathered strips of yellow fabric and her hair is dressed with a white feather and a length of yellow fabric (matching that used to decorate her dress) and which hangs down her back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 22.1cm
Literary referenceJephité
Summary
Plate number 6, entitled Mlle Vestris in Jephité. She is wearing in a full, layered skirt, decorated with frills and loosely gathered strips of yellow fabric and her hair is dressed with a white feather and a length of yellow fabric (matching that used to decorate her dress) and which hangs down her back. Harry Beard Collection.

Cross referencing the image with the list of plates indicates that this production took place in 1761 and was a tradegy.
Other number
F.157-61 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.3960-2009

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Record createdFebruary 2, 2010
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