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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 March 1798]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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
- Alternative Title:
- Dance a l'eveque
- 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., and Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 9 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 14th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
- Subject (Name):
- Didelot, Marie Rose Paul, -1803
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance, Dancers, Musical instruments, Operas & operettas, Satyrs (Greek mythology), and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Operatical reform, or, La dance a l'eveque [graphic].
