Le cancan

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5364693

Item data

Title

Le cancan

Collection

Prints depicting dance
Subjects

Names

F. Sala & Co. (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1850 - 1860 (Questionable)
Place: Berlin
Publisher: F. Sala & C., Unter d. Linden 51

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Can 4

Subjects

Cancan (Dance)
Dance -- France -- 19th century

Genres

Prints

Notes

Numbering: No. 5 of an unsigned series of lithographs.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: Lithograph on tinted ground, colored, 30.5 x 26.5 cm.

Abstract

A couple vis-à-vis, both with right foot forward, leg slightly turned out, left foot back. Man, cigar in mouth, holds handkerchief in right hand. Woman, at right, holds skirt and petticoats above knees.

Languages

French

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY767026454-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12155874
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 43abd970-f368-0132-8250-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1850

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Le cancan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43abd970-f368-0132-8250-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1850 - 1860). Le cancan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43abd970-f368-0132-8250-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Le cancan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43abd970-f368-0132-8250-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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