M.dme Rose Didelot, in the Character of Calypso, in the Ballet of Telemachus. Composed by Mr. Dauberval.
Cha.s Henard del.t. Conde & Reynolds sculp.t.
[London, c.1791.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"). Ink collector's mark on reverse. Trimmed to plate, some surface rubbing
A full length portrait of Rose Didelot (d.1806), wife of Charles Louis Didelot, in classical dress, standing in a garden. A talented ballerina, she was a rival of Parisot, although the three appeared together in a performance of 'Alonzo e Caro' at the Opera in 1796, causing a scandal with their scanty costumes (subject of Gillray's 'Modern Graces').
Whitman 70. Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and American collector Frederic Robert Halsey (1847-1918), Lugt 1308.
[Ref: 67909] £420.00
[London, c.1791.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"). Ink collector's mark on reverse. Trimmed to plate, some surface rubbing
A full length portrait of Rose Didelot (d.1806), wife of Charles Louis Didelot, in classical dress, standing in a garden. A talented ballerina, she was a rival of Parisot, although the three appeared together in a performance of 'Alonzo e Caro' at the Opera in 1796, causing a scandal with their scanty costumes (subject of Gillray's 'Modern Graces').
Whitman 70. Ex: Collections of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd and American collector Frederic Robert Halsey (1847-1918), Lugt 1308.
[Ref: 67909] £420.00