Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Un ballet a l'Opera (pas des songes) // [A ballet at the Opera (not of dreams)].
Call Number
A Middle 40/Drawer 07/GC077/Half Folio/19th c. GA 2012.01447
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc6682xj36w
Publisher
Paris : [s.n.], 1860/04/15.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1860
Extent
1 item ; sheet 47.6 x 65.4 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Allison Delarue, Princeton University Class of 1928.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Color lithographs
Depiction: Ballet scene in garden setting with fountain; putti carrying torch and leading a group of ballerinas above.
Inscribed in plate, upper margin: "Musee de Moeurs en Actions".
Inscribed in plate, lower margin: "Publie et Depose le 15 Avril 1860 // 2 // Ein ballet in der oper (Der Tanz der Traume) / A ballet at the opera (The Danse of the Dreams)".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Peint par Belin".
Signed in plate, lower right: "lith par A. Charpentier".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Imp. Bequet Paris".

Discovery Information

Subject
Ballet—France—History—19th century—In art
Ballet dancers—France—19th century—In art
Ballerinas—France—19th century—In art
Cherubs (Art)

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6b2927b2-8191-429a-9547-ca786cdd2809/manifest