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Fanny Elssler

Title
Fanny Elssler [graphic].
Publication
[184-?]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Els 1-5Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Lossing, B. J.
Description
  • 4 prints : wood engraving, b&w; 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.
  • 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ;
Summary
Collection of prints culled from various sources, depicting the nineteenth-century ballerina Fanny Elssler. It includes portraits, an action drawing, a satirical cartoon purporting to show Elssler without her wig, and a costume print that includes Elssler's costume for her solo La cracovienne, danced in Joseph Mazilier's ballet La Gipsy (1839).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Wood engravings.
  • Engravings.
  • Costume prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • The wood engravings titled M'lle Fanny Elssler and Fanny Ellsler in her dishabille are stamped: Isaac John Greenwood collection.
Biography (note)
  • The Austrian-born Fanny Elssler, a leading ballerina of the Romantic period, excelled in the national dances that lent local color to many ballets in the Romantic repertory. The fire and sensuality she brought to her performances were considered a foil to the otherworldly ethereality of Marie Taglioni, who represented another facet of the Romantics' longing for otherness.
Contents
Fanny Elssler [half-length portrait] -- Fanny Elssler [depicted in costume, with castanets]; Illustrated London News, Feb. 24, 1843 -- M'lle Fanny Elssler, 'Tis but a dream! [half-length portrait in profile] / B.J. Lossing sc. -- Fanny Ellsler [sic] in her dishabille: fine feathers make fine birds [cartoon and article] -- Travestissements; No. 7 B, 1842 [the figure numbered 6, at right, depicts the costume for La cracovienne].
Call Number
*MGZFX Els 1-5
OCLC
825554071
Title
Fanny Elssler [graphic].
Imprint
[184-?]
Biography
The Austrian-born Fanny Elssler, a leading ballerina of the Romantic period, excelled in the national dances that lent local color to many ballets in the Romantic repertory. The fire and sensuality she brought to her performances were considered a foil to the otherworldly ethereality of Marie Taglioni, who represented another facet of the Romantics' longing for otherness.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Added Author
Lossing, B. J. Engraver
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Els 1-5
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