Research Catalog

Title

Miroir aux allouettes [sic] [graphic].

Publication

Paris : Ancienne M[ais]on Martinet, [187-? or later]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maison Martinet (Paris, France) pbl
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1 print : lithograph on tinted ground, hand-colored; 44 x 29 cm.

Summary

Depiction of a female performer, possibly a dancer, in costume. Her knee-length white dress is decorated with deep pink latticework and flowers, echoing the hue of her underskirt.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Alternative Title

Miroir aux alouettes

Subjects

• Entertainers > France > 19th century
• Lithographs

Genre/Form

Lithographs.

Note

• Printed below image: Composé par M. Robin.
• Printed below title: 36.
• [Printed by] Imp. Lemercier et Cie., Paris.
• Possibly part of the Nouvelle Galerie Dramatique, published from 1873 into the 1880s.

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur Frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Call Number

*MGZFB Mir 1

OCLC

782069764

Title

Miroir aux allouettes [sic] [graphic].

Imprint

Paris : Ancienne M[ais]on Martinet, [187-? or later]

Biography

The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur Frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Maison Martinet (Paris, France) Publisher

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFB Mir 1