Research Catalog

Les coulisses de l'Opéra.

Description

Engraving, colored; image: 20 x 30.2 cm.; plate mark: 24.2 x 33.2 cm.

Subjects

Note

Left to right: Ballerina on right foot, left leg fully extended to side, toe in nose of corpulent man; aristocratic man ogling her through lorgnette; man holding bag of money; Vestris as Zéphire, right leg extended, holding bow in left hand, right arm around bare-breasted Flore; grotesque man wearing wolf costume, climbing through trap door in stage; dancers in outlandish costumes.

Call Number

*MGZFB Ves Au C 1

OCLC

NYPY737064802-F

Author

Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842.

Title

Les coulisses de l'Opéra.

Imprint

Paris, Chez Basset, rue St. Jacques no. 64 [ca. 1816]

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Local Subject

Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Prints (Graphic arts) -- Ballet -- 19th century.

Ballet -- France -- 19th century.

Research Call Number

*MGZFB Ves Au C 1