Research Catalog

Title

Marie Taglioni [graphic].

Publication

[1830?-1846]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860.
• Thomas, W. L.
• Bourgarel.
• Thierry frères (Firm) pop

Description

• 5 prints : wood engraving, b&w; 38 x 26 cm. or smaller.
• 1 print : lithograph, b&w ;

Summary

Collection of prints culled from various sources, depicting the nineteenth-century ballerina Marie Taglioni. It includes two depictions of the dancer in action, one of them a wood engraving after A.E. Chalon's portrayal of Taglioni in the role of Zoloé in Andre Deshayes' ballet La bayadère (London, 1831). Also included are a caricature, various tributes, and a portrait. The caricature accompanies an "Ode to Taglioni" and depicts the ballerina flanked by two female dancers drawn as umbrellas, possibly a reference to the rain mentioned in the ode. A full-page illustration from the Illustrated London News surrounds a portrayal of Taglioni as the Sylphide with smaller figures of other dancers, putti, lyres and other musical instruments, and a trio of Grecian ladies, probably the Graces. The Taglioni testimonial depicts a statuette of the huntress goddess Diana and the sleeping Endymion, presented to the ballerina by her admirers.

Subjects

• Lithographs
• Bayadère (Choreographic work : Deshayes)
• Taglioni, Marie, 1804-1884 > Caricatures and cartoons
• Taglioni, Marie, 1804-1884 > Portraits
• Wood engravings

Genre/Form

• Wood engravings.
• Lithographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Source (note)

• Lillian Moore.

Biography (note)

• Marie Taglioni is often said to have ushered in the Romantic era of ballet with her portrayal of the ethereal Sylphide in her father Filippo's ballet La sylphide (1832). Her dancing made weightlessness and ineffable grace the hallmarks of the ballerina, and created a fad for supernatural female creatures in ballet.

Contents

Mademoiselle Taglioni, as "La bayadere" / [engraved by] W.L. Thomas -- Mdlle. Marie Taglioni [in movement] -- Ode to Taglioni: on the last night of her appearance in London, previously to her departure for St. Petersburg, to fulfil an engagement for three years [folded sheet; includes poem by Robert More on four pages]; Bentley's Miscellany, Sept. 1841 -- Taglioni [facsimile signature; accompanying article on the verso]; Illustrated London News, July 5, 1845 -- The Taglioni testimonial [accompanied by article]; [unidentified periodical], Sept. 19, 1846 -- Marie Taglioni [facsimile signature], La sylphide; 2me Vol: 37 / dessiné par Bourgarel ; Gzell lith. ; Lith. de Thierry frères.

Call Number

*MGZFX Tag 1-6

OCLC

825555868

Title

Marie Taglioni [graphic].

Imprint

[1830?-1846]

Biography

Marie Taglioni is often said to have ushered in the Romantic era of ballet with her portrayal of the ethereal Sylphide in her father Filippo's ballet La sylphide (1832). Her dancing made weightlessness and ineffable grace the hallmarks of the ballerina, and created a fad for supernatural female creatures in ballet.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For another copy of the portrait by Bourgarel, see: *MGZFB Tag M P 4.

Source

Taglioni, Illustrated London News, July 5, 1845; Taglioni testimonial Gift; Lillian Moore.

Added Author

Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860. Associated name

Thomas, W. L. Engraver

Bourgarel. Artist

Thierry frères (Firm) Printer of plates

Moore, Lillian. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Tag 1-6