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Title

Costumes de théatre [graphic].

Publication

[Epinal, France] : Pellerin & Cie., [186-?]

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Details

Additional Authors

Imagerie Pellerin (Épinal, France) pbl

Description

1 print : wood engraving, color; 40 x 30 cm.

Summary

Depictions of costumes for three theatre works based on fairy tales: Peau d'ane, Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse, and La poule aux oeufs d'or. Each is allotted two registers, numbering seventeen figures each for Peau d'ane and La poule aux oeufs d'or, and eighteen for Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse, for a total of fifty-two figures. The figures are labeled with the characters' names, sometimes specifying the act number. Each theatre work includes several dancers, simply labeled "Ballet."

Series Statement

Imagerie d'Epinal ; no. 1498

Alternative Title

• Peau d'ane
• Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse
• Poule aux oeufs d'or

Subjects

• Dancers > France > 19th century
• Entertainers > France > 19th century
• Theater > France > 19th century
• Wood engravings
• Fairy plays > 19th century
• Costume prints

Genre/Form

• Wood engravings.
• Costume prints.

Note

• Caption title.

Biography (note)

• Although clear links have not yet been established, the three titles on this print may relate to féeries or fairy plays produced in Parisian theatres in the mid nineteenth century. Peau d'ane, based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale, appeared at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in 1838, with a libretto by Emile Vanderbruch and Laurencin. A new version, credited to Vanderbruch, Laurencin, and Clairville, was presented at the Théâtre de la Gaité in 1863. Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse may depict the féerie written by Adolphe D'Ennery and Hector Crémieux, produced at the Théâtre Impérial du Chatelet in 1863. La poule aux oeufs d'or, written by D'Ennery and Clairville, was first performed at the Théâtre du Cirque National in 1848.
• The term "image d'Epinal" signifies a cheap colored woodcut or wood engraving, named after Epinal, the French provincial town that was their center of production in the nineteenth-century. Although these prints had a long history and portrayed both secular and religious subject matter, in the second half of the nineteenth century the Pellerin family of Epinal gained special recognition for their images designed for children.

Call Number

*MGZFX Cos 1

OCLC

825122035

Title

Costumes de théatre [graphic].

Imprint

[Epinal, France] : Pellerin & Cie., [186-?]

Series

Imagerie d'Epinal ; no. 1498

Biography

Although clear links have not yet been established, the three titles on this print may relate to féeries or fairy plays produced in Parisian theatres in the mid nineteenth century. Peau d'ane, based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale, appeared at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in 1838, with a libretto by Emile Vanderbruch and Laurencin. A new version, credited to Vanderbruch, Laurencin, and Clairville, was presented at the Théâtre de la Gaité in 1863. Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse may depict the féerie written by Adolphe D'Ennery and Hector Crémieux, produced at the Théâtre Impérial du Chatelet in 1863. La poule aux oeufs d'or, written by D'Ennery and Clairville, was first performed at the Théâtre du Cirque National in 1848.

The term "image d'Epinal" signifies a cheap colored woodcut or wood engraving, named after Epinal, the French provincial town that was their center of production in the nineteenth-century. Although these prints had a long history and portrayed both secular and religious subject matter, in the second half of the nineteenth century the Pellerin family of Epinal gained special recognition for their images designed for children.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Imagerie Pellerin (Épinal, France) Publisher

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Cos 1