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[L'incomparable Ravel]
- Title
- [L'incomparable Ravel] [graphic].
- Publication
- [Paris], [1827?]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Use in library | *MGZFD Inc R 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 print : engraving, hand col.; 17 x 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Prints – 19th century.
- Note
- Image depicts three equilibrists dancing upon two "cordes" each balanced on a single leg: a boy and girl side-by-side, accompanied by a man playing a stringed instrument. The boy wears a white costume with red and gold adornment and red boots. The girl wears a pink, wide-collared dress and a feather plumed hat. The guitar player, who looks over his shoulder toward the viewer, wears a blue and gold costume and a white hat with an upturned brim.
- Biography (note)
- The Ravel family was a Parisian troupe who performed acrobatics, tumbling, rope dancing, and Charles Mazurier's pantomime ballets. They also toured extensively in America from the 1830s to the 1860s. Gabriel Ravel, likely the male dancer depicted in the print, was the leader of the troupe and a celebrated rope dancer.
- Publications (note)
- Similar image published in The theatre of marvels by Marian Hannah Winter (New York: Benjamin Blom Inc., 1962), plate 3, and Great ballet prints of the Romantic era by Parmenia Migel (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1981), plate 95.
- Call Number
- *MGZFD Inc R 1
- OCLC
- 226373543
- Title
- [L'incomparable Ravel] [graphic].
- Imprint
- [Paris], [1827?]
- Biography
- The Ravel family was a Parisian troupe who performed acrobatics, tumbling, rope dancing, and Charles Mazurier's pantomime ballets. They also toured extensively in America from the 1830s to the 1860s. Gabriel Ravel, likely the male dancer depicted in the print, was the leader of the troupe and a celebrated rope dancer.
- Publications
- Similar image published in The theatre of marvels by Marian Hannah Winter (New York: Benjamin Blom Inc., 1962), plate 3, and Great ballet prints of the Romantic era by Parmenia Migel (New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1981), plate 95.
- Local Note
- This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Ravel family.Rope dancing.
- Added Author
- Cournand, Gilberte. Former owner
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFD Inc R 1