Le Filles d'air. Principales danseuses romantiques dans leurs roles célèbres
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ca.1840 (made)
ca.1840 (made)
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Print depicting Fanny Elssler in La Gypsy, from a series depicting famous dancers in their celebrated roles. There are five sheets in total, each containing six illustrations, which are joined together to form a continuous strip; the sheets are folded into blue paper boards embossed with gold.
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Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph |
Brief description | Print depicting Fanny Elssler in 'La Gypsy'. From a series (5 sheets) entitled 'Le Filles de l'air', depicting famous dancers in their celebrated roles. Hand-coloured lithograph after J. Bouvier, France, ca.1840. |
Physical description | Print depicting Fanny Elssler in La Gypsy, from a series depicting famous dancers in their celebrated roles. There are five sheets in total, each containing six illustrations, which are joined together to form a continuous strip; the sheets are folded into blue paper boards embossed with gold. |
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Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed in pencil in French on the inside back cover with title and notes) |
Object history | Two of the lithographs from which these derive are E.2889 and E.2894-1967. Others are reproduced in The Romantic Ballet in Lithographs of the Time, London, 1938, by C. W. Beaumont and Sacheverell Sitwell. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968. |
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Accession number | E.504:18-1967 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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