Content: Elssler floating through the air, looking down at her shadow on the ground. Wings attached to her back. Moonlit mountains and lake in background.
Content: Version of *MGZFB Els F Sha 1.
Acquisition: Agnes de Mille Collection, 1984.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 25 x 35 cm.
Hand-colored

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12161929
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 60dde550-18c0-0131-80ae-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1846

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fanny Ellsler [sic] in The shadow dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1846. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60dde550-18c0-0131-80ae-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1846). Fanny Ellsler [sic] in The shadow dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60dde550-18c0-0131-80ae-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fanny Ellsler [sic] in The shadow dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/60dde550-18c0-0131-80ae-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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