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The pet of the ballet

Title
The pet of the ballet [graphic].
Author
Gallon, Robert S. E.
Publication
[1843-1844]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Gal R Pet 1-2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997.
Found In
Alexandra Danilova collection.
Description
2 prints : lithographs, hand-colored, color; 30 x 25 cm. or smaller, image 23 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Two prints from a series of eight. One is a trimmed copy of No. 2, depicting a ballet dancer with her back to the viewer, dressed in a pink bodice and white skirt with blue trim. No. 6 also depicts a dancer seen from the back, dressed in a black bodice and white skirt with alternating pink and blue vertical stripes.
Alternative Title
Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Lithographs.
Note
  • Print no. 6 contains the following credits and publication information: R. Gallon pinxt. et lith.; Day & Haghe Lithrs. to the Queen; [Rud]olph [Ackerma]nn['s Eclipse] Sporting Gallery, 191 [Regent St.].
Indexed In (note)
  • Chaffee, George, "The Romantic ballet in London: 1821-1858, some hitherto unremarked aspects," Dance index
Source (note)
  • Alexandra Danilova.
Biography (note)
  • The Victoria & Albert Museum of London, which holds examples of prints from this series, identifies the lithographer as Robert S.E. Gallon; according to the credits on this copy of print no. 6, he also painted the image. The Museum notes that the title of the series may have derived from an "operatic choreographic burlesque Sketch" produced in London in the 1840s, and suggests that the subjects may have been the lesser lights of the ballet rather than principal dancers.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
Call Number
*MGZFX Gal R Pet 1-2
OCLC
825001445
Author
Gallon, Robert S. E.
Title
The pet of the ballet [graphic].
Imprint
[1843-1844]
Indexed In:
Chaffee, George, "The Romantic ballet in London: 1821-1858, some hitherto unremarked aspects," Dance index, vol. II, nos. 9-12, Sept.-Dec. 1943, p. 191, cat. nos. 184, 188. He dates print no. 2 as Jan. 14, 1843 and no. 6 as Jan. 25, 1844.
Biography
The Victoria & Albert Museum of London, which holds examples of prints from this series, identifies the lithographer as Robert S.E. Gallon; according to the credits on this copy of print no. 6, he also painted the image. The Museum notes that the title of the series may have derived from an "operatic choreographic burlesque Sketch" produced in London in the 1840s, and suggests that the subjects may have been the lesser lights of the ballet rather than principal dancers.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
Local Note
For print no. 1 and another copy of print no. 2, see: *MGZFB Gal R Pet 1-2
For another copy of print no. 2, with title and publication information, and print no. 7, see: *MGZFX Gal R Pet 3-4.
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
Gift; Alexandra Danilova.
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Added Author
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Collector
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Donor
Added Title
Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
Found In:
Alexandra Danilova collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Gal R Pet 1-2
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