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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1885 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 12, Mlle. Perceval in Zoroastre. It shows a women dressed in a pale orange and blue dress, with a fitted bodice and wide skirt that finishes just above the ankle. The dress is decorated with frothing swathes of white across the skirt, bodice front, sleeves and around the neckline. There are also sprays of what appear to be green and blue feathers attached sections of the skirt, bodice and sleeves. The dancer wears a matching spray of green and blue feathers in her hair. Harry Beard Collection.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Plate 12, Mlle. Perceval in Zoroastre, 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 12, Mlle. Perceval in Zoroastre. It shows a women dressed in a pale orange and blue dress, with a fitted bodice and wide skirt that finishes just above the ankle. The dress is decorated with frothing swathes of white across the skirt, bodice front, sleeves and around the neckline. There are also sprays of what appear to be green and blue feathers attached sections of the skirt, bodice and sleeves. The dancer wears a matching spray of green and blue feathers in her hair.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
  • Width: 20.2cm
Literary referenceZoroastre
Summary
Plate 12, Mlle. Perceval in Zoroastre. It shows a women dressed in a pale orange and blue dress, with a fitted bodice and wide skirt that finishes just above the ankle. The dress is decorated with frothing swathes of white across the skirt, bodice front, sleeves and around the neckline. There are also sprays of what appear to be green and blue feathers attached sections of the skirt, bodice and sleeves. The dancer wears a matching spray of green and blue feathers in her hair. Harry Beard Collection.
Associated object
Other number
F.157-65 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.3973:2-2009

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2010
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