Statement Of Responsibility: [Lithograph by] E. Brown Jr. Lith. of G. W. Lewis.
Content: Music title-page and piano score (6 p.).
Content: Full-length to front, suspended in air, right arm up, wings on costume, flowers in hair.
Acquisition: Gift of Lillian Moore.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 26.5 x 17.3 cm.
Lithograph, hand-colored vignette,

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12148882
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 75f69b60-18c0-0131-3679-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image
Notated Music

Date Issued

1840

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fanny Elssler in the character of La sylphide" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1840. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75f69b60-18c0-0131-3679-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1840). Fanny Elssler in the character of La sylphide Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75f69b60-18c0-0131-3679-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fanny Elssler in the character of La sylphide" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75f69b60-18c0-0131-3679-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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