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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1885 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.8cm
  • Width: 22.2cm
Literary referenceRoi 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
Collection
Accession number
S.3976-2009

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2010
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