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Donald Saddler collection of dance prints

Title: Donald Saddler collection of dance prints [graphic].
Publication: [1835?-1889?]

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Donald Saddler collection.

Description

4 prints : etching, b&w; 28 x 44 cm., plate mark 13 x 17 cm.
3 prints : engraving, b&w ;
2 prints : wood engraving, b&w ;
8 prints : lithograph, b&w ;
4 prints : lithograph, color ;
4 photomechanical prints : photogravure, b&w ;

Summary

Images chiefly of western theatrical and social dancing, as depicted on mass-produced prints from the collection of Donald Saddler. Though these prints are not unique, they contribute to an understanding of his interests and artistic tastes. The collection has been arranged in five groups: George Cruikshank's The dancing lesson series; sheet music covers; wood engravings from illustrated periodicals; photogravure reproductions of paintings; and miscellaneous prints, subdivided into the categories social dancing, theatrical dancing, and comic art.

Alternative Title

Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Etchings.
Engravings.
Lithographs.
Photogravures.
Sheet music covers.
Wood engravings.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
One print is on a mount 46 x 39 cm.
Fairy land schottisch, Favorite dances of the Rousset family, La gitana, and El zapateado include music scores.

Indexed In (note)

Kahane, Martine, Le foyer de la danse, Paris, Ministère de la culture et de la communication, Éditions de la Réunion de musées nationaux, 1988.
Chaffee, George, "Three or four graces: a centenary salvo," [including] "Catalogue of the French souvenir lithographs (and varia) of the Romantic ballet," Dance index

Source (note)

Donald Saddler

Biography (note)

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Donald Saddler, b. 1918, has been a dancer, choreographer, director, and producer, with credits in ballet, opera, musical theatre, drama, film, and television.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Contents

George Cruikshank's The dancing lesson, published in London by Thomas McLean in 1835 (4 sheets, uncolored): The dancing lesson, pt. 1, The 1st position / etchd. by G. Cruik[shan]k -- The dancing lesson, pt. 2. The minuet / G. Cruikshank fect. -- The dancing lesson, pt. 3. L'ete / G. Cruikshank fect. -- The dancing lesson, pt. 4. The sailors hornpipe / G. Cruikshank fect.
Sheet music covers (8 items): Admired songs from the opera of Giselle, or the night dancers by Edward J. Loder; New York, Atwill / [signed on stone] E. Browne Jr. 1847; Sarony & Major's Lith. -- Fairy land schottisch by Van der Weyde; New York, Horace Waters, 1854 [includes score] / Lith. of Sarony & Co. -- Favorite dances of the Rousset family [standing, left to right, Augustine, Adelaide, and Caroline; kneeling at center, Clementine; inset portraits at corners], arranged for the piano by John C. Scherpf; New York, Vanderbeek, 1852 [includes score] / Lith. of Endicott & Co. -- La gitana (the new cachoucha) danced by Madlle. Fanny Ellsler [sic] in the grand ballet La gitana ... arranged for the piano forte by C.W. Clover; New York, Firth & Hall [includes score] -- Jim Crow! the celebrated nigger song, sung by Mr. Rice ... London, T.E. Purday -- Morlacchi's ballet troupe [depiction of Giuseppina Morlacchi]; Boston, G.D. Russell, 1868 / [signed on stone] J.E. Baker del. -- The opera polka, as danced by Mlle. Carlotta Grisi & M. Perrot, the music by Signor Pugni; London, Jullien / [lithography by] M & N Hanhart -- El zapateado, celebrated Spanish dance, as danced by Mdes. Fanny and Theodore [i.e., Thérèse] Elssler, arranged by Henri Rosellen; Philadelphia, Geo. W. Hewitt [includes score] / W.K. Hewitt del.
Wood engravings from illustrated periodicals (2 sheets): Calico ball, scene in the grand saloon of the Academy of Music, eleven o'clock, ladies changing their calico dresses for ball costume; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, Feb. 13, 1858 -- Courtship behind the scenes [includes a man costumed as Harlequin]; Harper's weekly, Christmas supplement, Dec. 28, 1878 / [initialed on matrix] C.S.
Photogravure reproductions of paintings (4 sheets): Dance of the almeh, from the original painting in the collection of Mr. John Hoey, New York; George Barrie, publisher, 1889 / J.L. Gerôme pinx.; gravure Goupil & Co. -- The hunt ball [1885]; New York, D. Appleton / Julius L. Stewart; photogravure, Goupil & Co. -- [The hunt ball; second copy, publisher not identified] / Julius L. Stewart; photogravure, Goupil & Co. -- Pompeian dance, from the original painting in the collection of Judge George Hoadley, Cincinnati, O.; Philadelphia, [George] Barrie, 1888 / [signed on original] Joseph Coomans; P[ierre] O[livier] Joseph Coomans, pinx.; gravure Goupil & Co.
Miscellaneous, social dancing (2 sheets): France XVIIIe siecle; France XVIIIth century; Frankreich XVIIItes Jahrt. [four images, including a dancing couple and violinist at top left; source and publication date unknown] / Guth del.; Imp. Firmin Didot et Cie., Paris -- The waltz [leaf from an unidentified book] / painted by J[ames?] Stephanoff; engraved by S.S. Smith.
Miscellaneous, theatrical dancing (3 sheets): The green-room of the Opera; Foyer des acteurs a l'Opéra; Gardrobe-Zimmer des Opernhauses; London, Fisher & Co.; Paris, H. Mandeville / Eugene Lami [painter]; R. Staines [engraver] -- Pauline Leroux [portrait]; Galerie de la presse, de la littérature & des beaux arts; Aubert, Gal[erie] Vero-Dodat / [signed on stone] M. Alophe; Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. -- [Une chambree de rats; depiction of a ballet class, with a dancer and her patron in the foreground] / [painted by Franz Teichel; lithographed by Bettannier Frères].
Miscellaneous, comic art (2 sheets): [Scene in a ballroom, with caption:] Der alte Herr: Es ist ein wahres Glück, dass die Steifröcke erfunden wurden, so kann doch kein Verehrer meiner Frau Etwas in's Ohr sagen; Wien, Jos. Stoufs / [signed on stone] Vinobloch [?] -- La polka; La polkamanie [series], 1; Chez Aubert & Cie. / [signed on stone] Ch[arles] Vernier; Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.

Call Number

*MGZFY Sad 1-25

OCLC

825113744

Title

Donald Saddler collection of dance prints [graphic].

Imprint

[1835?-1889?]

Indexed In:

The green-room of the Opera, Kahane, Martine, Le foyer de la danse, Paris, Ministère de la culture et de la communication, Éditions de la Réunion de musées nationaux, 1988.

Une chambree de rats, Chaffee, George, "Three or four graces: a centenary salvo," [including] "Catalogue of the French souvenir lithographs (and varia) of the Romantic ballet," Dance index, vol. III, nos. 9-11, Sept.-Nov. 1944, p. 167, 203; plate XX, cat. no. 132.

Biography

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Donald Saddler, b. 1918, has been a dancer, choreographer, director, and producer, with credits in ballet, opera, musical theatre, drama, film, and television.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For colored versions of George Cruikshank's The dancing lesson, see: *MGZFH Cru G Dan 1-4.

For other copies of the uncolored version of George Cruikshank's The dancing lesson, see: *MGZFH Cru G Dan 5-8.

For another version of Admired songs from the opera of Giselle, or the night dancers, printed with tone block, see: *MGZFB Cer F Gis 1.

For another copy of La gitana (the new cachoucha), see: *MGZFB Els F Git 1.

For another copy of Morlacchi's ballet troupe, see: *MGZFB Mor G U 3.

For another copy of The opera polka, with Jullien's facsimile (?) signature in a different position, see: *MGZFB Gri C Pol 2.

For another copy of El zapateado, see: *MGZFB Els F Zap 2.

For a colored version of The green-room of the Opera, see: *MGZFX Foy 1.

For another copy of the portrait of Pauline Leroux, see: *MGZFB Ler P P 1.

For a captioned copy of Une chambree des rats, see: *MGZFH Tei F Cha 1.

Source

Gift; Donald Saddler, 2011.

Local Subject

Dancing masters.

Waltz (Dance)

Zapateado (Dance)

Added Author

Alophe, 1812-1883. Artist

Baker, Joseph E., approximately 1837-1914. Artist

Brown, E., Jr. Artist

Coomans, J. (Joseph), 1816-1890. Artist

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Artist

Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904. Artist

Hewitt, William Keesey, 1817-1893. Artist

Lami, Eugène Louis, 1800-1890. Artist

Staines, Robert, 1805-1849. Engraver

Stephanoff, James, 1788?-1874. Artist

Stewart, Julius LeBlanc, 1855-1919. Artist

Teichel, Franz, 1816- Artist

Vernier, Charles, 1831-1887. Artist

Saddler, Donald. Collector

Aubert (Firm) Lithographer

Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.) Lithographer

Goupil & Cie. Printer of plates

M. & N. Hanhart (Printers). Lithographer

Sarony & Co. Lithographer

Sarony & Major. Lithographer

Saddler, Donald. Donor

Added Title

Donald Saddler collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Donald Saddler collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZFY Sad 1-25

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