- Additional Authors
- Cia Fornaroli Collection.
- Description
- Lithograph, black on tinted ground; image: 48 x 65 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Lith. by B. F. Smith, Jr. N.Y.
- Upper border curved, suggesting a proscenium arch; parted stage curtains at left and right. Décor represents the interior of a palace, with a garden in background. Three rows of female dancers in stylized poses at left and right, between which two ballerinas and a male dancer execute a leap.
- The print, probably used as a poster, may represent the enchanted palace in act II of Perrot's Faust, the ballet chosen for the United States debut of the Ronzani Company, Sept. 16, 1857.
- The costumes and positions of the three principals at center are identical with those in Smyth's wood engraving of Cerrito, Grahn, and Saint-Léon in Perrot's Pas des déesses, published in The Illustrated London News, August 1, 1846 (*MGZFA Pas 1).
- Cf. *MGTI New York Public Library. Dance Collection. Images of the dance, 1965, p. 74-75. Reproduction and commentary.
- Call Number
- *MGZFI-19 Smi B Ron 1
- OCLC
- NYPY737075792-F
- Author
Smith, B. F., Jr.
- Title
Ronzani's Grand Ballet Troupe; from the theatre La Scala in Milan, the Royal Theatre in Turin, Her Majesty's Theatre London, Academy of Music Philadelphia.
- Imprint
New York, printed in tints, by F. Michelin, 169 Broadway, N.Y. [1857]
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Prints (Graphic arts) -- Ballet -- 19th century.
Ballet -- United States -- 19th century.
- Added Author
Cia Fornaroli Collection.
- Research Call Number
*MGZFI-19 Smi B Ron 1