Research Catalog

Title

Fanny Elssler dancing the cachucha [graphic].

Publication

1837-[184-?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barre, Jean Auguste, 1811-1896.
• Geiger, Andreas, 1765-1856.
• Lassalle, Louis.
• Caboche, J.
• Thierry frères (Firm) pop

Description

• 2 prints : lithograph, b&w; 34 x 26 cm. or smaller.
• 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ;

Summary

Three representations of the ballerina Fanny Elssler dancing her signature solo, the cachucha from Jean Coralli's ballet Le diable boiteux (1836). Each print depicts her in the same pose: holding castanets in both hands, she turns her head towards her raised right arm; her right foot is slightly advanced. The print from Le monde dramatique depicts the statuette by Jean Auguste Barre, with the name "Fanny Elssler" inscribed on its pedestal. The other two prints, one from a series of costume prints and the other a sheet music cover illustration (with the first page of a music score on the verso), portray the dancer as she might have appeared onstage, with floral tributes strewn at her feet.

Subjects

• Sheet music covers
• Cachucha (Choreographic work : Elssler)
• Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884
• Diable boiteux (Choreographic work : Coralli)
• Engravings
• Lithographs

Genre/Form

• Engravings.
• Lithographs.
• Sheet music covers.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Biography (note)

• The image from Le monde dramatique, depicting the statuette by Barre, was also published by the French satirical journal Le Charivari. Andreas Geiger, the engraver of the print published by the Theaterzeitung, also depicted the actor Wenzel Scholz in a parody version of Elssler's cachucha.

Contents

Fanny Elssler d'après le Platre de Barre, 1837; Le monde dramatique / Imp. chez J. Caboche & Cie. -- Fanny Elssler in der Cachucha; Costume Bild zur Theaterzeitung, No. 48; Wien, Bureau der Theaterzeitung / And[reas] Geiger sc. -- La cachucha, dansé par Melle Fanny Elssler, arrangé par Mr. A[lphonse] Thys; Paris, Launer / [signed on stone] Louis Lassalle; Lith. de Thierry Frères.

Call Number

*MGZFX Els 6-8

OCLC

825554035

Title

Fanny Elssler dancing the cachucha [graphic].

Imprint

1837-[184-?]

Biography

The image from Le monde dramatique, depicting the statuette by Barre, was also published by the French satirical journal Le Charivari. Andreas Geiger, the engraver of the print published by the Theaterzeitung, also depicted the actor Wenzel Scholz in a parody version of Elssler's cachucha.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For another version of the print of Barre's statuette, see: *MGZFB Els F Cac 2.

For another version of the print of Barre's statuette, published in the journal Le Charivari, see: *MGZFX Cha 5.

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Added Author

Barre, Jean Auguste, 1811-1896. Associated name

Geiger, Andreas, 1765-1856. Engraver

Lassalle, Louis. Lithographer

Caboche, J. Printer of plates

Thierry frères (Firm) Printer of plates

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Els 6-8