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Prints depicting dance

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Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

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Title
Costume prints
Additional title: Travestissement
Additional title: Costume écossais
Additional title: Nouveaux travestissemens
Additional title: Artiste
Names
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 (Artist)
Desmadryl, N. (Narcisse), b. 1801 (Lithographer)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1820 - 1830 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Travestissement; L'Artiste / Gavarni ; gravé par N. Desmadryl -- Costume écossais; Nouveaux travestissemens [sic], no. 1; Paris, Rittner; London, Chs. Tilt, 1830 / Gavarni fecit ; Lith. de Frey.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Gav P Cos 1-2
Topics
Costume -- 19th century
Genres
Prints
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Citation/reference: The print from L'Artiste is embossed with the words "L'Artiste hte Delz [?]" at lower left.
Acquisition: Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
Biographical/historical: Paul Gavarni, whose real name was Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier, was an illustrator and caricaturist whose early works commented on the vagaries of Parisian society. His later works grew darker and deeper as his vision expanded to include a wider range of human emotions and proclivities.
Biographical/historical: The illustrated journal L'Artiste was published weekly in Paris from 1831 to 1904.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 2 prints : lithograph, hand-colored ; 31 x 23 cm.
Description
Two depictions of young women, one wearing men's clothes, the other in an evocation of Scottish costume.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825769583
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19760318
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 64b5ae90-88f9-0134-f351-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1804: Creator Born
  • 1820: Issued (Approximate)
  • 1866: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Costume prints" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1820 - 1830. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3fe645f0-8cb7-0134-9622-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Costume prints" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3fe645f0-8cb7-0134-9622-00505686a51c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1820 - 1830). Costume prints Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3fe645f0-8cb7-0134-9622-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Costume prints