H Beard Print Collection
Print
1885 (published)
1885 (published)
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Plate 19, Sylphe, Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes. The dancer is dressed in a loosely fitted white gown which leaves the left half of their chest exposed. The dancer wears a blue sash around their waist and the skirt of their gown is gathered in to a swathe of fabric at the left hip and decorated with a spray of green and blue flowers. Both sleeves finish just above the elbow, the left is part of the main structure of the gown, but the right is a separate part stretching from shoulder to elbow. The dancer wears a headdress of green and blue feathers. Harry Beard Collection.
Cross referencing this image with the information on the list of plates provides a date of 1773 for the production.
Cross referencing this image with the information on the list of plates provides a date of 1773 for the production.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Print |
| Brief description | Plate 19, Sylphe, Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes, 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 19, Sylphe, Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes. The dancer is dressed in a loosely fitted white gown which leaves the left half of their chest exposed. The dancer wears a blue sash around their waist and the skirt of their gown is gathered in to a swathe of fabric at the left hip and decorated with a spray of green and blue flowers. Both sleeves finish just above the elbow, the left is part of the main structure of the gown, but the right is a separate part stretching from shoulder to elbow. The dancer wears a headdress of green and blue feathers. |
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| Literary reference | Roi des Sylphes |
| Summary | Plate 19, Sylphe, Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes. The dancer is dressed in a loosely fitted white gown which leaves the left half of their chest exposed. The dancer wears a blue sash around their waist and the skirt of their gown is gathered in to a swathe of fabric at the left hip and decorated with a spray of green and blue flowers. Both sleeves finish just above the elbow, the left is part of the main structure of the gown, but the right is a separate part stretching from shoulder to elbow. The dancer wears a headdress of green and blue feathers. Harry Beard Collection. Cross referencing this image with the information on the list of plates provides a date of 1773 for the production. |
| Other number | F.157-68 - H Beard collection numbering |
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| Accession number | S.3976-2009 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2010 |
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