H Beard Print Collection
Print
1885 (published)
1885 (published)
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Plate 9, Mr. Vestris in Zaïs. It shows a figure dressed in a wide skirted purple gown with a very low neckline which exposes the left hand side of the dancer's chest. The whole gown is decorated with swathes of blue and green in a band across the dancer's chest and encircling the hem. The sleeves of the gown finish at the elbow and are also decorated with blue and green. The dancer wears a headdress consisting of blue and green plumed feathers. Harry Beard Collection.
Cross referencing the image with the list of plates indicates that this production was an opera-ballet.
Cross referencing the image with the list of plates indicates that this production was an opera-ballet.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Print |
| Brief description | Plate number 9, entitled Plate 9, Mr. Vestris in Zaïs, 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 9, Mr. Vestris in Zaïs. It shows a figure dressed in a wide skirted purple gown with a very low neckline which exposes the left hand side of the dancer's chest. The whole gown is decorated with swathes of blue and green in a band across the dancer's chest and encircling the hem. The sleeves of the gown finish at the elbow and are also decorated with blue and green. The dancer wears a headdress consisting of blue and green plumed feathers. |
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| Literary reference | Zaïs |
| Summary | Plate 9, Mr. Vestris in Zaïs. It shows a figure dressed in a wide skirted purple gown with a very low neckline which exposes the left hand side of the dancer's chest. The whole gown is decorated with swathes of blue and green in a band across the dancer's chest and encircling the hem. The sleeves of the gown finish at the elbow and are also decorated with blue and green. The dancer wears a headdress consisting of blue and green plumed feathers. Harry Beard Collection. Cross referencing the image with the list of plates indicates that this production was an opera-ballet. |
| Other number | F.157-64 - H Beard collection numbering |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.3972-2009 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2010 |
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