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Troupe de Mlle Églantine

Poster
1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster was commissioned by the cabaret dancer, Jane Avril, to advertise her appearance in the quadrille, 'Troupe de Mlle Églantine', when they performed at the Palace Theatre in London in 1896. The names of the other dancers appear in the text: Cléopatre, Églantine and Gazelle. Avril was a favourite subject of Toulouse-Lautrec's and a good friend of the artist's.

Here Toulouse-Lautrec has captured the energy and movement of the group as they high-kick their way across the stage. The artist employs an economy of detail to build a dynamic composition, positioning the dancers' legs to create a strong diagonal line that draws the viewer's eye across the work to the main text.

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Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTroupe de Mlle Églantine
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster, 'Troupe de Mlle Églantine' by Toulouse-Lautrec, France, 19th century.
Physical description
French poster of the troupe de Mlle Églantine. Eglantine, Jane Avril, Cléopatre, Gazelle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 620mm
  • Width: 805mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Signed with monogram, bottom left corner.)
  • H T Lautrec (Signed, underneath monogram.)
  • Troupe de / Mlle Églantine / Eglantine Cléopatra / Jane Avril / Gazelle (Text of poster. Bottom left hand area.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs G. R. Halkett.
Object history
Provenance: George Roland Halkett (b. Edinburgh, 1865, d. London, 1918), political cartoonist and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette and Punch magazine. Given to the V&A by his wife, Mrs G.R. Halkett, nee Lucy Marion Lees.
Production
Attribution note: 3rd state.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This poster was commissioned by the cabaret dancer, Jane Avril, to advertise her appearance in the quadrille, 'Troupe de Mlle Églantine', when they performed at the Palace Theatre in London in 1896. The names of the other dancers appear in the text: Cléopatre, Églantine and Gazelle. Avril was a favourite subject of Toulouse-Lautrec's and a good friend of the artist's.

Here Toulouse-Lautrec has captured the energy and movement of the group as they high-kick their way across the stage. The artist employs an economy of detail to build a dynamic composition, positioning the dancers' legs to create a strong diagonal line that draws the viewer's eye across the work to the main text.
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • Robins, Anna Gruetzner, and Richard Thomson, Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec: London and Paris, 1870-1910, London: Tate Britain, 2006.
  • p. 124 F. Calvo Serraller and Paloma Alarcó, Picasso. Lautrec. Madrid : Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2017. ISBN: 9788417173050
  • pp. 106-7 Hannah Brocklehurst and Frances Fowle. Pin-ups : Toulouse-Lautrec and the art of celebrity. Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland, 2018. 120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 x 17 cm. ISBN: 9781911054214
Collection
Accession number
E.1374-1931

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Record createdMay 23, 2006
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