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The Auriol Polka.
The Auriol Polka. Composed by Charles Matthews, and Respectfully Dedicated by express Permission to Mademoiselle Francesca Auriol.
[Anon., c.1850]
London, Published by Duncombe & Moon, 17 Holborn opposite Furnival's Inn.
Rare aquatint. 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼). Slightly trimmed on left.
Music cover for a polka named in honour of the dancer Francisca (or Francesca) Auriol (1829-62). Auriol, daughter of the famed French clown Jean Baptiste Auriol, made her London debut in 1847 as a second dancer at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden. She married British dancing clown Richard Flexmore and made a career dancing with him around Europe, with particular success with their 'Dancing Scotsman' of 1854.
[Ref: 53234]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Signora Baccelli.
Signora Baccelli.
Painted by T. Gainsborough R.A. Engraved by John Jones.
London Pub.d Feb.y 5th 1784 by J. Jones No. 63 Great Portland Street Marylebone.
Rare mezzotint. 535 x 350mm (21 x 13¾"), with largemargins on three sides. Slight mark centre top. Top area slightly rubbed.
Giovanna Baccelli (1774, fl.- d.1801), dancer. Baccelli, first appeared at the King's Theatre, Haymarket in 1774. She reached the peak of her career during the 1780-1 season when she appeared with Gaetan Vestris and his son Auguste in several important ballets devised by Noverre. She also danced in Venice in 1783-4, and at the Paris Opéra as late as 1788. Baccelli was equally known as a mistress of John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (1745-99), who had set up Baccelli in a suite of rooms at Knole by October 1779. Baccelli accompanied him to Paris in 1783 when he was appointed Ambassador to France. They entertained lavishly, patronising the Paris Opéra, and were admitted to the friendship of Queen Marie-Antoinette. Horace Walpole records that when the Duke was awarded the Order of the Garter in 1788, Baccelli danced at the Opéra wearing the blue Garter ribbon around her head. As the events of the French Revolution unfolded, the pair returned to Knole, where Baccelli remained until their amicable parting in 1789. Engraved by John Jones after the portrait by Thomas Gainsborough (exhibited 1782) which hangs in Tate Britain. Gainsborough was well-acquainted with many theatre people, including Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the famous dramatist and part-owner of the King's Theatre. When this portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1782, Gainsborough's portrait of the Duke of Dorset was withdrawn, presumably for reasons of decorum. As well as commissioning this portrait, the Duke also patronised Gainsborough's great rival Joshua Reynolds, who painted Baccelli in 1783.
Horne: 7 II of III; CS 3 II of III.
[Ref: 47602]   £1,500.00  
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[Scrapsheet with Drawings of Ballet Dancers.]
[Scrapsheet with Drawings of Ballet Dancers.]
Scrapsheet. Sheet: 325 x 220mm (12¾ x 8¾''). Tears.
A scrapsheet with various scenes including amateur portraits of Taglioni, Grisi, Cerrito and Lucile Grahn dancing.
[Ref: 50597]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caveller, Dancing Master.]
[Caveller, Dancing Master.]
[Crank Pinx.t. Faber Fecit.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, extremely rare unfinished proof. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Thread margins top and bottom, laid on card at sides.
A three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing wig and long coat with cuffs, leaning on a table on which is a sheet with music and a map of dance steps. Little is known about 'Caveller'; the BM notes: ''Possibly the same as Mr Cavillier, master of the boarding-school in Queen's Square near Ormond street (d.1745). Also possibly the same as the Thomas Caverley alluded to by Thomlinson in his Art of Dancing''.
[Ref: 51723]   £650.00  
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[Céline Céleste-Elliott] Celeste. as the Arab Boy.
[Céline Céleste-Elliott] Celeste. as the Arab Boy. A Sketch by William Drummond.
WDrummond.
[London, Published Jan.y 12.th 1838. by Tho.s Mc.Lean, Haymarket.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Framed, visible area 425 x 300mm (16¾ x 11¾"). Spotting, repair in sky. Window mounted around title. Unexamined out of frame.
A full length portrait of Madame Céleste-Elliott as Hamet, playing an oud. Behind is a tent and the Spanish city of Constantina on a rocky outcrop. This is the opening scene of 'Victoire; or, The Fall of Constantina', a military drama performed at the Adelphi theatre in 1837, in which Céleste played three parts: Hamet, a dumb Arab boy, Victoire and Henri St. Almo, a French spy.. Céline Céleste-Elliott (1815-1882) was a Parisian dancer and actress who had success in London and toured America four times. About the time this portrait was published she retired from performing, becoming a theatre manager (including of London's Adelpi, Lyceum and Olympic), although she made several 'comebacks'.
[Ref: 57295]   £550.00  
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Cerito.
Cerito. Ondine.
F. Smith. W. H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov.r 1. 1844.
Engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Trimmed.
A portrait of Italian ballet dancer Fanny Cerito (1817-1909) in the title role of the ballet Ondine. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 40920]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fanny Cerrito] Cerito.
[Fanny Cerrito] Cerito. Ondine.
Widal [Vincent Vidal]. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 - 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49517]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Mlle. Duthé. Le Menuet.
Mlle. Duthé. Le Menuet. 4. L'Opera.
Guérard del. E. Desmaisons lith.
Paris, publié par J. Bulla et F. Delarue, 10 rue JJ Rousseau. Imp. Lemercier. London pub.15 June 1844 by the Anaglyphic Company, 25 Berners St. Oxford St.
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 325 x 249mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Cut.
Catherine-Rosalie Gerard Duthé (1748-1830) was a celebrated French courtesan. After quitting a French convent, she became the mistress of wealthy English financier George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. She then became a dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet. From 'Les annales de l'Opéra ou Recueil des premières danseuses'.
[Ref: 23937]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Pauline Duvernay.
Pauline Duvernay.
A.E. Chalon R.A. R.J. Lane A.R.A.
[London: J. Mitchell, 1837.]
Lithograph on india paper, india 310 x 230mm. 12¼ x 9". Creasing; margins trimmed.
Pauline (Yolande Marie Louise) Duvernay (1813 - 1894), dancer, looking over her right shoulder, in costume, holding castanets; in the first London production of "Le Diable Boîteux" ("The Devil on Two Sticks", i.e. crutches), 1836, choreographed by Jean Coralli. Duvernay retired the following year, aged 25 and at the height of her career, to marry Stephens Lyne-Stephens, M.P., thought to be the richest commoner in England at that time. By Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon (1780 - 1860).
Harvard p.402, 1.
[Ref: 24287]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Mademoiselle Duvernay, Dancing the Cachoucha.
Mademoiselle Duvernay, Dancing the Cachoucha. Presented with No. 1 of the Wonder, June 24th 1837.
A rare lithograph. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"), large margins. Bottom right corner rebuilt, outside image.
A portrait of popular ballerina Pauline Duvernay (1812-1894), shown in the role of Florinda, the heroine of Jean Caralli's 'Le Diable Boîteux'. The Cachoucha, a Spanish dance with origins in Cuba, is the highlight of the ballet. Duvernay was one of Queen Victoria's favourite dancers.
[Ref: 59161]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Music cover] The Cracovienne.  Danced by Madlle Fanny Elssler,
[Music cover] The Cracovienne. Danced by Madlle Fanny Elssler, in the Grand Ballet of the Gypsey, Composed by N. C. Bocsha. Pr.75 cts.
N. Currier's Lith. N.Y.
New York Published by Hewitt & Jacques 239 Broadway [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph, illustrated sheet music cover, rare. Sheet 330 x 220mm, 13 x 8¾". Sheet slightly trimmed.
Dancer Fanny Elssler (1810 - 1884) full length to front, wearing a military jacket, arms crossed in front of waist, hat with feathers, and hair in long braids. Houses and figures behind. She performs the Krakowiak, a fast, syncopated Polish dance in duple time from the region of Krakow. La Gypsy was a ballet in three acts with choreography by Joseph Mazilier; it premiered on 28th January 1839 at the Paris Opera with Elssler and Mazilier.
See Library of Congress LOT 10615-17. Not in Beaumont.
[Ref: 22978]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Fanny Elssler.
Fanny Elssler. Florinde.
Edwin D. Smith. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street Nov. 1 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼").
Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito as a water sprite, the title role of 'Ondine, ou La naïade', a ballet with choreography by Jules Perrot and music by Cesare Pugni. Cerrito (11 May 1817 - 6 May 1909) was one of the few 19th century ballerinas who also gained acceptance as a choreographer. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 49518]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Fanny Essler.
Fanny Essler.
Lith. Rigo Fs. Pass. Saulnier, 19. Alexandre. Lacauchie.
Paris, Publie par Marchand. [n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 321 x 246mm. 12¾ x 9¾". Staining to the margins.
Fanny Elssler (1810-1884), born Franziska Elssler, was an Austrian ballerina. From her earliest years she was trained for the ballet, and made her appearance at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna before she was seven. She almost invariably danced with her sister Theresa, who was two years her senior; the sisters studied dancing with Jean-Pierre Aumer and Freiedrich Horschelt beginning when Fanny was nine years old, also traveling to Naples to study with the great Gaetano Gioja. After some years experience together in Vienna, the two went in 1827 to Naples. It was conspicuously in her performance of the Spanish La Cachucha that Elssler outshone all rivals. In 1840 she sailed with her sister for New York, and after two years unmixed success they returned to Europe. While in New York City, Fanny dined with and was escorted by John Van Buren, son of the President of the United States, Martin Van Buren. During the following five years Fanny appeared in Germany, Austria, France, England and Russia. In 1845, she refused to perform along with her rivals Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Lucile Grahn in Jules Perrot's Pas de Quatre in London.
[Ref: 12952]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Fanny Essler.
Fanny Essler.
Alexandre Lacauchie, Lith de Rigo frères, Pass, Saulnier, 19.
Publié par Marchant, 12, Boulol. St. Martin.
Lithograph. 248 x 159mm. 9¾" x 6¼". Some spotting.
Fanny Essler (1810-1884, Vienna), ballet dancer.
[Ref: 8500]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Carolina and Charlotta Frederic] Pygmalion, of Het Beeld Bezield Dood De Liefd;
[Carolina and Charlotta Frederic] Pygmalion, of Het Beeld Bezield Dood De Liefd; zo als herzelve door Carolina en Charlotta Frederic, oud g en 7 Jaaren, op den Amsteldamschen Schouwbourg, in het laatfte des jaars 1758, gedanst is.
G. vander Myn ad vivum delineavit. J. Punt sculpsit, 1759.
te Amsterdam By J. Punt in den Schouwburg
Etching. 355 x 260mm (15¼ x 10¼) very large margins. Crease through inscription.
This rare print depicts the performance of Carolina and Charlotta Frederic (aged 7 and 9) in 1758 at the Amsterdam Schouwbourg Theatre in 'Pygmalion'. The Frederic children were sensations on the European stage of the mid-18th century. Carolina made her debut at age 6 at the Theatre Française in 1754; her sister Charlotte, age 5, joined her at the end of the same year. The Frederic children came from an illustrious background with their grandfather being Salle's partner at the London premiere of Pygmalion. Their father was the Dutch actor-manager known as “Sieur Frederic,” and their ballet teacher was the Maître de Ballet at the Paris Opera, François-Duval Malter. By Gerard Van der Myn. See ref: 13332 for a view of the Theatre interior during a performance.
[Ref: 52033]   £680.00  
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[Augusta Fuchs] Quadrilles. From Auber's Celebrated Opera, Le Dieu et la Bayadére._
[Augusta Fuchs] Quadrilles. From Auber's Celebrated Opera, Le Dieu et la Bayadére._ Respectfully dedicated to Mad.lle Augusta, by S.M.
N. Currier's Lith. N.Y.
New York. Published by James L. Hewitt & Co, 239 Broadway. [n.d., c.1840.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). With music-seller's ink stamp, mount burn.
A music cover with a portrait of Mademoiselle Augusta (Caroline Augusta Josephine Thérèse Fuchs, 1806-1901) en pointe. Born in France, she debuted in London in 1833, toured America with great success, starring in 'Le Dieu et la Bayadére' in 1836, 'La Sylphide' in 1838 and 'Giselle' in 1858. On her marriage she became Comtesse de Saint-James and died at the age of 95.
[Ref: 53233]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Madamoiselle Adelina Genee.
Madamoiselle Adelina Genee. [Drummer Girl.]
[01 Jan 1900.]
Photograph with signature. Sheet 216 x 228mm. 8½ x 9". Cut.
Dame Adeline Genée (1878-1970) was a Danish/British ballet dancer. Her dancing career started as a young girl in her uncle's touring company from the age of 10. In 1895, she became the principal dancer at the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen, and in 1896 she danced with the Berlin Court Opera Ballet and the Munich Opera Ballet. In 1897 she moved to the England and stared at the Ballet of the Empire Theatre in London, where she was later offered the position of Prima Ballerina. After much success in London she sailed to the USA in 1907 to perform at the New York Theatre, and the producer, Florenz Ziegfeld, described her on the posters as "The World's Greatest Dancer." She then chose to spend many years alternating between a season in London and one in New York; however in 1913 she performed in Melbourne and Sydney, where she later embarked on a sixteen-week tour of Australia. In 1916 when she returned to London, she gave her last major performance at the Coliseum, but it was her last performance there in 1933, that marked the change when the theatre turned from a music hall into an opera house. In 1923 she was awarded the Order of the "Ingenu et Arti" by the King of Denmark and in 1950 she became a Dame of the British Empire. She similarly gave her name to the Genee Theatre in East Grinstead and the Genée Studio in the Royal Academy of Dance, Battersea, London.
[Ref: 17834]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Carlotta Grisi.
Carlotta Grisi. La Giselle.
Published by David Bogue, Fleet Street April 1. 1844.
Steel engraving. Sheet: 175 x 260mm (7 x 10¼"). Trimmed. Slight mark.
A portrait of Italian ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi (1819-1899) in the title role of the ballet Giselle. From 'The Beauties of Opera and Ballet'.
[Ref: 40921]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Carlotta Grisi, La Giselle.
Carlotta Grisi, La Giselle.
A.E. Chalon, R.A. H. Robinson.
[n.d.c.1830.]
Mixed-method, stipple and engraving. 209 x 157mm. 8¼ x 6¼". Cut.
Carlotta Grisi (Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi, 1819-99), the Italian ballerina, as Giselle, a role written for her by Théophile Gautier.
[Ref: 27707]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Mlle. Guimard. La Pastorale.
Mlle. Guimard. La Pastorale. 5. L'Opera.
Guérard del. E. Desmaisons lith.
Paris, publié par J. Bulla et F. Delarue, 10 rue JJ Rousseau. Imp. Lemercier. London pub.15 June 1844 by the Anaglyphic Company, 25 Berners St. Oxford St.
Fine coloured lithograph, rare. 317 x 261mm. 12½ x 10¼". Cut.
Marie-Madeleine Guimard (1743-1816) was a French ballerina who dominated the Parisian stage during the reign of Louis XVI. For twenty-five years she was the star of Paris Opera. From 'Les annales de l'Opéra ou Recueil des premières danseuses'.
[Ref: 23939]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Madame Le Cery]
[Madame Le Cery]
[Cyrillic - photography by V. Barkanov.]
[n.d., c.1870.]
Photograph, 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4¼"), signed by sitter.
A ballerina dancing.
[Ref: 8898]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ink:] For dear Jane & Reggie, With my love & best wishes. Alicia. Alhambra. 1932.
[Ink:] For dear Jane & Reggie, With my love & best wishes. Alicia. Alhambra. 1932.
[On verso, stamped:] "Photograph by Lenare," 28, George Street, Hanover Square, W.1. Telephone Mayfair 2261-3 Lines.
Signed photogaph. 350 x 260mm (13¾ x 10¼").
Dame Alicia Markova (1910-2004) in 'flight' whilst on stage during the 'Kiss of Spring' at the Alhambra, London in 1932. She was an English ballerina and choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be the greatest classical ballet dancers of the 20th century. She was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet.
[Ref: 23928]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ink:] My love to very dear Jane always. Alicia 1941.
[Ink:] My love to very dear Jane always. Alicia 1941.
[On verso, stamped:] Photograph by Carl Van Vechten 101 Central Park West Cannot be Reproduced Without Permission.
Signed photograph. Photo, in ink XXVR.17; Oct 6 1940; 350 x 272mm. 13¾ x 10¾". Laid on card.
Dame Alicia Markova (1910-2004) holding a cross and flowers with glittered letters 'Gis[elle]'. She was an English ballerina and choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be the greatest classical ballet dancers of the 20th century. She was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet. As prima ballerina with the Vic-Wells Ballet, 1933-5, she was the first British dancer to appear as Giselle and Odette/Odile and created roles in Rendezvous (1933) and The Rake's Progress (1935). She appeared in many ballets around the world, but is remembered mostly for her 'Giselle'. Carl Van Vecthen (1880-1964) was an American essayist and novelist, particularly of 'Nigger Heaven' (1926). He took up photographer in 1932, aiming to portray all the leading creative talent of his era.
[Ref: 23927]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ink:] For Reggie with affectionate thoughts alway Alicia.
[Ink:] For Reggie with affectionate thoughts alway Alicia.
Maurice Seymour Chicago.
[n.d. c.1945.]
Signed photograph. 120 x 95mm. 4¾ x 3¾".
Head portrait of Dame Alicia Markova (1910-2004). She was an English ballerina and choreagrapher, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be the greatest classical ballet dancers of the 20th century. She was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet. Photo by Maurice Seymour (1900-1993), a Chicago celebrity photographer from the 1920s through the 1960s, who photographed many of the top stage and film stars of the era as well as a prima ballerinas and famous dancers.
[Ref: 23925]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Pas Noble dul.er ballet (M.r Montjoie)
Pas Noble dul.er ballet (M.r Montjoie) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opera, (Acad.e R.le de musicque.) N.o8.
G.A. [within stone] [Auguste Garneray]. Lith. de G: Engelmann.
[Chez Martinet n.d., c.1822]
Fine hand watercoloured lithograph, sheet 230 x 160mm (9 x 6½"). Some foxing, trimmed.
A portrait of dancer Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (1789 - 1865) in costume in an operatic version of Aladdin. From 'Recueil des Costumes de Tours les Ouvrages Dramatiques représentés avec succès sur les grands théâtres de Paris.' Each issue contained 5 to 20 plates, lithographed by G. Engelmann after A. Garneray, A. Vizentini, A. Faure, H. Lecomte, Leprince, Albert, Fauconnier, Grandville, etc., depicting actors in costumes from plays, operas and ballets for the years 1819-1825.
[Ref: 58233]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Mlle. Noblet.
Mlle. Noblet.
Drawn by F. Waldeck. Engraved by R. Cooper.
Published by H. Berthoud Junr. [London] March 14th. 1822.
Stipple with etching printed in colours, some colour added by hand. Sheet: 325 x 220mm. (12¾ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate. Some spotting.
Portrait of French dancer Lise Niblet, in the ballet of 'La Paysanne Supposee'. After Jean Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck (1766 - 1875), for Terry's British Theatrical Gallery, 1825.
Harvard: pg.266-4.
[Ref: 29222]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Rudolf Nureyev and Ballerina.]
[Rudolf Nureyev and Ballerina.]
[Ilse Voigt.] [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1970.]
Etching. Manche XVII 8/100. Plate: 300 x 390mm (12 x 15¼"), with wide margins.
Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) and a ballerina by Dutch artist Ilse Voigt (1905-1997). Nureyev, one of the most celebrated dancers of the Twentieth century, through his artistic skill and expressive style gave new importance to male roles. A sensation in Soviet Russia, Nureyev travelled to Europe with the Kirov Ballet in 1961. However due to his mixing with Europeans during his stay he was persuaded to return to Russia while the rest of the dancers went on to London, however sensing a trap, Nureyev defected to the West after approaching French police at Le Bourget Airport.
[Ref: 36415]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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Mademoiselle Parisot.
Mademoiselle Parisot.
Painted by A.W.Devis. Engraved by I.R.Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs March 11 1797 by A.W.Devis.
Mezzotint, open letters. 610 x 380mm. Trimmed to platemark at bottom.
Rose Parisot (c.1775-1837), French opera singer and ballerina, 'celebrated for the scantiness of her draperies' (Frankau). Parisot made her debut in Paris in 1789, and moved to London in 1796 (this print was published the following year). Her sheer costumes, which often exposed one breast, caused scandal, as recorded in many satirical prints of the 1790s. The Bishop of Durham denounced Parisot's costumes as 'indecent', and after an address to the House of Lords in 1798 certain adjustments were made. Her celebrated career ended in 1807, after which she married a Soho florist. Engraved by the celebrated mezzotint engraver John Raphael Smith and published by the portrait painter Arthur William Devis (1762-1822), from whose portrait the engraving is made. After a decade working in India, Devis struggled to establish himself in London in the late 1790s, but by 1800 he was in dire financial straits, and was finally imprisoned in 1804.
Ex: collection of the late Hon C. Lennox-Boyd; D'Oench 335 (only state); Frankau ii/iii; CS 131 ii
[Ref: 36612]   £1,250.00  
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Mademoiselle Parisot.
Mademoiselle Parisot.
Painted by A.W.Devis. Engraved by I.R.Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
London Published as the Act directs March 11 1797 by A.W.Devis.
Mezzotint. 610 x 380mm. Laid on thick paper.
Rose Parisot, celebrated dancer of the Romantic Ballet at the London Opera House.
CS: Smith, J.R., 131.
[Ref: 5618]   £2,500.00  
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[Antoine Paul] Pas Gracieux. du 1.er ballet. (M.r Paul.) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opéra, (Acad.e R.le de musique.)
[Antoine Paul] Pas Gracieux. du 1.er ballet. (M.r Paul.) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opéra, (Acad.e R.le de musique.)
AG [monogram of Auguste Garneray] Lith de G. Engelmann.
[Paris, Martinet, 1822.]
Coloured lithograph. Framed, visible area 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Paper toned, unexamined out of frame.
A full-length portrait of ballet dancer Antoine Paul (1798-1871, known as Mr Paul) in costume in the opera 'La lampe merveilleuse', the Aladdin story. A cross-dressing image.
[Ref: 58493]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Melle Taglioni, dans la Sylphide.
Melle Taglioni, dans la Sylphide.
Lith. de Gihaut frères Editeurs. Lith par F. Courtin.
Boulevard des Italiens, No. 5, Paris. [n.d., c.1831.]
Lithograph, on india paper. Sheet: 320 x 440mm (12½ x 17¼"). Marking in plate and margins, margins toned. Tears in edges, one in lower edge just into india.
A full-length portrait of Romantic ballet dancer Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) shown in costume and en pointe. Taglioni was the first dancer to use en pointe to express character in a dance. While this print is titled 'dans la Sylphide' the portrait is actually of Taglioni in the title role of La Bayadère and is after and English lithograph by R. J. Lane after A.E. Chalon. Dedication in pencil in lower right corner.
[Ref: 42851]   £1,250.00  
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[La Tyrolienne.]
[La Tyrolienne.]
A.E.C. R.J.L.
[Published by J. Dickinson. New Bond Street, Aug.t 1831.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed and stained at top right.
A portrait of renowned ballet dancer Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) depicted as Sophie from 'La Tyrolienne'. Taglioni was one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the romantic ballet, and cultivated her skill primarily at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, and at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique of the Paris Opera Ballet. She later took a three-year contract in Saint Petersburg with the Imperial Ballet.
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Taglioni. La Sylphide.
Taglioni. La Sylphide.
Vidal. W.H. Mote.
Published by David Bogue. Fleet Street, Decr. 2, 1844.
Steel engraving. 265 x 185mm. 10½ x 7¼". Small tear upper right-hand corner. Some surface rubbing.
Marie Taglioni (1804-1884) was a fanous Italian/Swedish ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in the history of European dance. Marie rose to fame as a danceuse when her father created the balled La Sylphide for her in 1832.
[Ref: 19859]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Taglioni.
Taglioni.
Lith de Rigo frères, Pass: Saulnier, 19. Alexe. Lacauchie.
[n.d. c.1840] Pari Publié par Marchann.
Lithograph. 254 x 159mm. 10" x 6¼". Some spotting.
Marie Taglioni (April 23, 1804-April 24, 1884) was a famous Italian ballerina of the Romantic ballet era, a central figure in the history of European dance.
[Ref: 8499]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Paw-miny. The Cock a Toe vulgurly call'd Cockatoo._
The Paw-miny. The Cock a Toe vulgurly call'd Cockatoo._
Publish'd as the act directs Jy. 23d; 81. C.B[retherton].J[unior].
Rare etching. sheet 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Lacking upper margin; the rest very thin.
A slender man in profile delicately standing on tip-toe in the attitude of a dancing-master. His elbows are held out, he holds his hat. He is dressed like the Frenchman of caricature, with a high toupee wig. This seems to be a caricature of ballet dancer and dancing master Gaetano Apoline Balthazar Vestris (1729 - 1808); or possibly Mr. Fitzgerald. Charles Bretherton (c.1760 fl - 1783) was an engraver, etcher, watercolourist and publisher in London. He was the younger brother of James Bretherton, hence often signs as Bretherton junior.
BM Satires 5886.
[Ref: 21309]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Auguste Vestris.]
[Auguste Vestris.] A Stranger at Sparta standing long upon one Leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, / I do not believe you can do as much; 'True (said he) but every Goose can'. / See Plutarch's Laconic Apothegms Vol. 1. Page 406.
[Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi & Benedetto Pastorini after Nathaniel Dance.]
Published 2.st April 1781 by Torre No 44. Market Lane.
Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia, 18th century watermark. Sheet 385 x 340mm (15¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole in bottom edge repaired, faint crease.
A caricature portrait of dancer Auguste Vestris (Marie-Jean-Augustin, 1760-1842), on stage, poised on his right toe, his left leg and arms extended, a wide-brimmed hat with ribbon and flowers in his right hand. After a successful dancing career at the Paris Opéra, he trained many famous dancers including Fanny Elssler and Marie Taglioni. His son married Madame Vestris.
BM Satires 5905; De Vesme 2235, state iv (with Torres publication line).
[Ref: 58100]   £390.00  
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