La Premier Danseuse – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of La Premier Danseuse. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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La Premier Danseuse
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Titled "La Premier Danseuse," which translates roughly to "the leading female dancer," this c1901 print presents a stage performer in the theatrical style popular at the turn of the twentieth century. The copyright line credits William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer known for studio portraits of actors and entertainers. The subject tags, drawn from an old caption card and not independently verified, point to ballet and burlesque, a reminder that stage pictures of this era often blurred the line between high art and popular entertainment. The costume and pose offer a useful view of how performers were presented to the public around 1901.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1901. |
| Subjects | Copyright by William H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Humor; Glamour--Photos; Theater--Burlesque; Dance--Ballet; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,021 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136373 |
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