Statement Of Responsibility: Engraving by Pierre Condé after H. de Janvry.
Content: Full-length to the left, facing front, left leg extended to the right, holding scarf; wearing calf-length dress, long drawers.
Content: Background and pose based on John Condé's 1793 engraving of Mme. Hilligsberg in Le jaloux puni, *MGZFB Hil J Jal 1.
Content: A preliminary proof of *MGZFB Hil J Ken 1; pagoda lacking from background right.

Physical Description

Stipple engravings
Extent: image 21.3 x 17.2 cm.
Stipple engraving, printed in green ink, sepia highlights, oval

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12147681
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6177cc00-18c3-0131-1291-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1801

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mde. Hilligsberg in the ballet of Ken-si & Tao, performed for her Benefit the 14th of May 1801" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1801. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6177cc00-18c3-0131-1291-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1801). Mde. Hilligsberg in the ballet of Ken-si & Tao, performed for her Benefit the 14th of May 1801 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6177cc00-18c3-0131-1291-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mde. Hilligsberg in the ballet of Ken-si & Tao, performed for her Benefit the 14th of May 1801" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6177cc00-18c3-0131-1291-58d385a7bbd0

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