Mlle. Taglioni, dans la sylphide / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry. – Historic Reproduction
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(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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Step back in time with Mlle. Taglioni, dans la sylphide / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mlle. Taglioni, dans la sylphide / Alophe del. et lith. ; imp. Auguste Bry.
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Marie Taglioni is shown here in the costume of La Sylphide, the 1832 Romantic ballet that made her one of the most celebrated dancers of her era. The lithograph comes from a series of plates of Paris Opéra dancers and their stage costumes, drawn and lithographed by Alophe and printed by Auguste Bry, and it was issued in the 1850s as the first plate of that set. Hand coloring on prints like this was often done by hand after printing, which gave the white tulle skirt and gauzy wings a delicate finish. The plate is a useful record of how the sylph's airy, fitted bodice and layered skirt were understood in Paris a generation after the ballet's premiere.
| 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. 1. |
| Subjects | Taglioni, Marie,--1804-1884. Costumes--France--Paris--1840-1860. Ballet--France--Paris--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220990 |
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