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Print

1845 (Published)
Artist/Maker
R. Gambart Junin & Co (Publishers)
Brooker & Harrison (Printers)
Every, George H. (Engraver)
Place of origin
Paris (Published)

Three quarter-length seated portrait of female figure, wearing low V necked 1840s dress with long sleeves, her right hand holding a jewelled laurel wreath diadem set on a presentation box supporting two commemorative medals. Engraving by G H Every after A Soyer, published R. Gambart Junin & Co, 1845. With facsimile signature.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Dance
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Aquatint mounted on card
Paper
Card
Engraving
Aquatint
Brief description
Fanny Cerrito, portrait. Aquatint by G H Every after A Soyer, with facsimile signature, published 1845.
Physical description
Three quarter-length seated portrait of female figure, wearing low V necked 1840s dress with long sleeves, her right hand holding a jewelled laurel wreath diadem set on a presentation box supporting two commemorative medals. Engraving by G H Every after A Soyer, published R. Gambart Junin & Co, 1845. With facsimile signature.
Dimensions
  • Mounting board height: 519mm
  • Mounting board width: 380mm
print cut within the plate
Credit line
Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history
The print is an off-stage portrait of the Romantic ballerina Fanny Cerrito, portrayed with commemorative medals and a jewelled laurel wreath diadem, probably presented to her by her admirers in Rome (diadem) and London (medal). The date of 1840 on the medal marks her sensational first London season - 'Never before had the London public taken a new ballerina so spontaneously to their hearts.' (Ivor Guest "Fanny Cerrito", Phoenix House Ltd, 1956, p29).
The print came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest.
Subject depicted
Cerrito, Fanny
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.467-2000

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Record createdMay 24, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O59181/print-every-george-h/
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