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Ballroom scenes

Title
Ballroom scenes [graphic].
Publication
[18--?]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Bal 5-14Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Clouet, François, -1572.
  • Duclos, Antoine Jean, 1742-1795.
  • Saint-Aubin, Augustin, 1736-1807.
  • Wittmann, Charles, 1876-1953.
Description
10 prints : lithograph, etching, engraving, aquatint, wood engraving, b&w or color; 32 x 35 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Collection culled from a variety of sources. Some items have been trimmed of their captions and/or publication data, making identification difficult; some may be photomechanical reproductions. Most date from and depict events that took place in the nineteenth-century, although the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries are represented in reproductive prints respectively after François Clouet and Augustin de Saint-Aubin. The prints in this collection depict assemblies of men and women, not all of whom may be dancing, in ballrooms or other large chambers. Most of the images portray upper-class or at least affluent society.
Uniform Title
Cornhill magazine (1860)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Lithographs.
  • Etchings.
  • Reproductive prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Source (note)
  • Lincoln Kirstein.
  • Lillian Moore.
Biography (note)
  • The print titled Bal du Ranelagh depicts a public ball at a dance hall called the Ranelagh, located near the Bois du Boulogne in Paris. It took its name from an Irish peer whose name was also given to a public pleasure garden in London. The name survives in the present-day Parc du Ranelagh, close to the former site of the dance hall.
Contents
The ball; London, I.B. Brookes -- Vue de l'interieur du Musico nommé le Pyl dans le Pylsteeg à Amsterdam -- The great ball-room -- A county ball; Bird's-eye views of society, no. V; [with penciled notation] Cornhill magazine, 1861 [accompanied by two leaves of text] / Dalziel -- Bal du Ranelagh -- Un bal en 1828; no. 18; Lit. de Fonrouge; Paris, Fonrouge -- L'hiver, Winter -- The Duc de Joyeuse's ball; printed by Wittmann, Paris / [after the painting by François] Clouet -- The ball; printed by Wittmann, Paris / [after the painting by] Augustin de Saint-Aubin -- Le bal paré [detail; numbered 89 at upper right] / peint par Aug[ustin] de St. Aubin ; gravé par Duclos.
Call Number
*MGZFX Bal 5-14
OCLC
825774334
Title
Ballroom scenes [graphic].
Imprint
[18--?]
Biography
The print titled Bal du Ranelagh depicts a public ball at a dance hall called the Ranelagh, located near the Bois du Boulogne in Paris. It took its name from an Irish peer whose name was also given to a public pleasure garden in London. The name survives in the present-day Parc du Ranelagh, close to the former site of the dance hall.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Another version of Augustin de Saint-Aubin's image, titled Le bal paré a Monsieur de Villemorien Fila [Fils?], and engraved by L. Provost, is part of the Josephine Butler collection of dance prints; see: *MGZFY But 4.
Source
The ball Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
L'hiver Gift; Lillian Moore.
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Added Author
Clouet, François, -1572. Artist
Duclos, Antoine Jean, 1742-1795. Engraver
Saint-Aubin, Augustin, 1736-1807. Artist
Wittmann, Charles, 1876-1953. Printer of plates
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor
Moore, Lillian. Donor
Added Title
Cornhill magazine (1860)
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Bal 5-14
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