Research Catalog
Miss Fairbrother
- Title
- Miss Fairbrother [graphic].
- Publication
- London : Thomas C. Lewis, [184-?]
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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 | Supervised use | *MGZFY Anon Fai 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 50 x 37 cm., line border 35 x 28 cm.
- Summary
- Portrayal of Louise Fairbrother, an English actress and dancer. Dressed in a yellow costume and blue shoes, she is depicted in an outdoor setting, balanced on her left leg with her right leg slightly raised behind her, and swirling a scarf.
- Series Statement
- Sketches at the ballet
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Lithographs.
- Note
- Caption title.
- Mourilyan & Casey, Litho.
- Biography (note)
- Sarah Louise (or Louisa) Fairbrother, 1816-1890, made her stage debut in London in 1827, and performed at Covent Garden and Drury Lane in the 1830s. She frequently performed male roles, though she also played Columbine in the Christmas pantomime Harlequin and the merrie devil of Edmonton in 1839. Unfettered by convention, she bore children to different fathers, and became the morganatic wife of the second Duke of Cambridge.
- From the series Sketches at the ballet. The Victoria & Albert Museum in London holds another print from this series, a portrayal of the ballerina Lucile Grahn.
- Call Number
- *MGZFY Anon Fai 1
- OCLC
- 825122359
- Title
- Miss Fairbrother [graphic].
- Imprint
- London : Thomas C. Lewis, [184-?]
- Series
- Sketches at the ballet
- Biography
- Sarah Louise (or Louisa) Fairbrother, 1816-1890, made her stage debut in London in 1827, and performed at Covent Garden and Drury Lane in the 1830s. She frequently performed male roles, though she also played Columbine in the Christmas pantomime Harlequin and the merrie devil of Edmonton in 1839. Unfettered by convention, she bore children to different fathers, and became the morganatic wife of the second Duke of Cambridge.From the series Sketches at the ballet. The Victoria & Albert Museum in London holds another print from this series, a portrayal of the ballerina Lucile Grahn.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.For another version of this print, in which Miss Fairbrother wears red rather than blue shoes, see: *MGZFF Fai L Ske 1.
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- Research Call Number
- *MGZFY Anon Fai 1