"An opera-dancer, Mme Rose Didelot, is poised on her right toe, her head turned in (sharp-featured) profile to the left, holding up a long garland of roses. She wears a pseudo-classical costume, defining her person, the edge of the skirt bordered with...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
In the top half of the image, three soldiers in full dress uniform assume exaggerated, ballet-like poses, their rifles in hand; each pose is identified above, left to right: 'shoulder arms', 'present arms', and order arms'. In the lower half, two sol...
"Didelot dances on the stage between two women, both very lightly clad in quasi-classical costume, and wearing 'cothurnes'. He wears a feathered hat, tunic, and cloak, and looks towards Mme Parisot (right); she strikes an attitude with right leg raise...
Alternative Title:
Operatical finale to the ballet of Alonzo e Caro
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 5th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Didelot, Charles Louis, 1767-1837 and Didelot, Marie Rose Paul, -1803
"A dancing-master in profile to the left, playing his kit, faces a little girl, who stands firmly, her feet in the first position, heels back to back, toes pointing almost at r. angles with her profile. His feet are also in the first position, as are ...
