Operatical reform, or, La dance a l'eveque [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Operatical reform, or, La dance a l'eveque [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Dance a l'eveque
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [14 March 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 14th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Abstract
-
"Three opera dancers, holding a garland of roses, are dressed alike in short transparent petticoats partly covered by a shorter apron. The centre dancer holds out her left leg horizontally . Mme Rose [Parisot] is in back view, her sharp features in profile to the right. On each side of the stage is a column on the plinth of which stands a figure: (left) a satyr holding a mask; (right) a woman wearing a clumsy undergarment, in the attitude of the Venus dei Medici. In front of the stage are the musical instruments of the orchestra, including a violin on which is a cap perhaps intended for a bonnet-rouge. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image, in lower left.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse in two columns below image: 'Tis hard for such new fangled orthodox rules, that our opera-troop should be blam'd ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Theatre: stage -- Opera: dancers -- Musical instruments -- Stage lighting -- Devil -- Dancing -- Newspapers: reference to Morning Herald.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 36.4 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 39.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 9 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 37 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Didelot, Marie Rose Paul, -1803
- Subject (Topic)
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Dance
Dancers
Musical instruments
Operas & operettas
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Theatrical productions - Subjects
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Didelot, Marie Rose Paul, -1803 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dance
Dancers
Musical instruments
Operas & operettas
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Theatrical productions
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8161623
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860602