Mlle. Marquet(?), dans Marco Spada / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry. – Antique Print
![Mlle. Marquet(?), dans Marco Spada / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry., Paris : imp. Auguste Bry, [1850(?)] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/de/def6926c60ca-L.webp)
(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.)
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A window into the past: Mlle. Marquet(?), dans Marco Spada / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mlle. Marquet(?), dans Marco Spada / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry.
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The figure is identified in the record as Mlle. Marquet, though the question mark in the title signals some uncertainty about the name, and she is shown in costume for *Marco Spada*, a work tied to the Paris stage of the period. The sheet was drawn and lithographed by Alophe and printed by Auguste Bry, and it was issued as the fifth number in a series of Paris dancers' costume plates. Hand coloring was common in these publications and shows the fabric, trim and tutu-like skirts that defined stage fashion in the 1840s and 1850s. Such plates offer a close record of how dancers were dressed and how Paris audiences saw them.
| Created / published | Paris : imp. Auguste Bry, [1850(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1840-1860.Book illustrations 1840-1860.Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1860. |
| Notes | Illus. from: Les danseuses de l'Opéra; costumes des principaux ballets, dessinés par Alophe. Paris : Les Modes parisiennes, [1850?], no. 5. |
| Subjects | Costumes--France--Paris--1840-1860. Ballet--France--Paris--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,752 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220991 |
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