"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 roses, a wreath of roses in her hair which is almost short. The scenery is of trees with a landscape background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 21 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lavishly costumed female dwarf performs a dance while holding up a section of her dress
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Operas & operetta, Dancers, Dwarfs, and Human curiosities
"A provincial Assembly Room, with dancers in violent action in the background, in country dance or cotillion. In the foreground is an ugly foppish and conceited fellow standing with raised coat-tails and his back to the fire. He holds cocked hat and cane, and grimaces and bows towards a pretty young woman, one foot on a fragment of her dress. She walks away from him to the left., taking her chair with her. Another pretty girl sits against the wall (r.) holding a closed fan. The dancers are bucolic and ugly. The walls are decorated with candle-sconces; a clock on the chimney-piece points to 1.25."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Wright., Print signed using Brownlow North's device: A compass pointing north., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1829.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Ballrooms, Clocks & watches, Dancers, Fireplaces, and Sconces
In the center a couple in traditional dress dance the fandango holding castanets and accompanied by two men with guitars (right), one standing, the other seated. An elderly woman sleeps in the chair behind the dancers. Four other women sit on chairs along the wall and watch the dancers; the young men stand and watch the dancers, some smoking pipes or holding walking sticks. On the wall hang three views of ships in the harbor and the coastal town. A dog looks on from the lower left
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20, 1803 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Audience, Dance, Dancers, Dog, Guitars, and Spectators
"A corner of the opera house. A dancer is poised on her right toe, while she leans forward, both arms extended, her left leg extended horizontally towards the audience. Her head is turned full-face. Those in the pit are peering under her skirt, which, falling limply almost to her ankles, defines her figure. In the front row of the pit sit (left to right) the Duke of Queensberry peering through an opera-glass; Sheridan, biting his thumb apprehensively (probably fearing competition with Drury Lane); Fox, leaning back laughing, while Pitt stands behind him, holding his shoulders, and staring intently at the dancer. Among the heads behind are Burke on the extreme right, Bedford next him, then Loughborough and Erskine (?) in their legal wigs. In a box on the first tier sit two ladies and a man, looking down upon the dancer, except that one of the ladies stares at the man she sits next through a glass. A door giving on to the stage is open, through which two men are staring up at the dancer. Behind stands a prim-looking man wearing spectacles. A scene of trees and foliage forms a background to the stage."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., The dancer is possibly Madame Rose Parisot?, and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's name and a key identifying subjects printed on mat below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 7, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Dancers, French, Performances, Opera houses, and Theatrical productions
A tracing by George Steevens of a print by Willaim Hogarth: Theatre stage with two dancers; on the left a woman (La Barbarina) jumps with her legs apart and on the right a man (George Desnoyer) stands with his legs together; on either side a chorus, or audience, and statues of Comedy and Tragedy holding candles. With the text "C.C. Prickt lines shewing the rising Height" at the foot of the stage as in the first state and with a face on the sun
Alternative Title:
Charmers of the age
Description:
Title from item., Lengthy pencil note in William Windham's hand below: These two pieces viz. the one marked Qui Color albus erat and The Charmers of the age? are not prints but copies taken with a pen by Mr. Steevens, and given to me, together with many others, not copies, in return for those mentioned in his collection as given by me to him. [Signed] W.W. March 22d 1800., After Paulson, R. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 153., and On page 100 in volume 1.
Subject (Name):
Campanini, Barberina, 1721-1799 and Desnoyer, George, approximately 1700-1764
Subject (Topic):
Dancers, German, Italian, and Theatrical productions
"A girl dancing holding in one hand a bow, the other stretched forward. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a trail of vine leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printed on one sheet with: An opera girl of Paris in the character of Flora., Companion print to: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 4924., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
"One of two prints issued with Hogarth's treatise "The Analysis of Beauty": a ballroom scene with dancers ranging from elegant to ungainly; in the lower left corner is a pile of tricorne hats; forming a border around the main image are 41 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., State and date from Paulson., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 3rd Impression., and Formerly on page 166 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
"One of two prints issued with Hogarth's treatise "The Analysis of Beauty": a ballroom scene with dancers ranging from elegant to ungainly; in the lower left corner is a pile of tricorne hats; forming a border around the main image are 41 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2nd impression., and On page 165 in volume 2.