TitleChild dancers in prints
Additional title: Nous autresAdditional title: Godey's Lady's Book
NamesBayard, Émile Antoine, 1837-1891 (Artist)Pease, Joseph Ives, 1809-1883 (Artist)Warner, William, approximately 1813-1848 (Attributed name)Girardin, Jules, 1832-1888 (Associated name)
CollectionPrints depicting dance
Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs
Dates / OriginDate Issued: 1800 - 1899 (Approximate)
Table of ContentsThe parlor sylph; [penciled date 1843] / mezzotinted for Godey's Lady's Book by W. Warner -- Jacques executait sur la table la danse de l'ours; [penciled notation] Nous autres, by J. Girardin, Paris, Hachette, 1888 / [signed on matrix] Emile Bayard ; Bertrand sc. -- [Dancing children in rustic costume] -- Juvenile fancy dress party [penciled on verso Godey's Lady's Book for 1850] / engraved expressly for Godey's Lady's Book by J. I. Pease.
Library locationsJerome Robbins Dance DivisionShelf locator: *MGZFX Chi 1-4
TopicsSylphide (Choreographic work) -- InfluenceChild dancers -- 19th century
GenresPrints
NotesTitle devised by cataloger.Biographical/historical: Godey's Lady's Book was published by Louis Godey in Philadelphia beginning in 1830. Lavishly illustrated, it was famous for its hand-colored fashion plates.Biographical/historical: Nous autres, by Jules Girardin with illustrations by Emile Bayard, appeared in several editions. This print comes from the fifth edition, dated 1888.
Physical DescriptionEngravingsExtent: 4 prints : engraving, wood engraving, mezzotint, lithograph?, b&w or color ; 26 x 26 cm. or smaller.
DescriptionCollection culled from various sources, chiefly dating from the nineteenth century. Three prints depict children in the act of dancing. The fourth, titled "Juvenile fancy dress party," includes a little girl dressed as a sylphide, a supernatural creature popularized by Filippo Taglioni's ballet La sylphide (1832) and its imitators, in a white dress, wings, and wreath of flowers. "The parlor sylph" probably also owes its title to the balletic sylphide.
Type of ResourceStill image
LanguagesEnglishFrench
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 825563818NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19759942Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3c2f880-ead2-0133-66c0-00505686a51c
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