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Adeline Plunkett

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Adeline Plunkett

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Title
Adeline Plunkett
Names
Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872 (Lithographer)
Buckner, Richard, active 1840-1879 (Artist)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1854
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFB Plu A P 4
Topics
Plunkett, Adeline, 1824-1910
Genres
Prints
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [signed on stone] R. Buckner f.
Statement of responsibility: Printed on mount at lower left: Buckner.
Statement of responsibility: Printed on mount at lower right: R.J. Lane, A.R.A.
Content: Title devised by cataloger.
Funding: Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Acquisition: Purchase; Ballet Shop, 1988.
Biographical/historical: This lithograph is based on an oil painting by Richard Buckner, titled "Marie Adeline Plunkett," held by the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. The dancer wears a pink bolero, with pink decorations on her skirt and in her hair. According to the museums' online catalog, Buckner based her pose on that of the classical statue of Mercury in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Biographical/historical: Various versions of this print exist, though some may be later reproductions; the dancer's costume may be pink, blue, or, as in this example, uncolored. The version held by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London is captioned "Madmoiselle [sic] Plunkett of Her Majesty's Theatre." Like the uncaptioned print held by the National Portrait Gallery in London, it was printed by M & N Hanhart and published by John Mitchell in 1854. A copy formerly in the collection of ballerina Alexandra Danilova is captioned "Adeline Plunkett in La Mañola," an identification also made by the Victoria & Albert and George Chaffee, in the article cited above. The Spanish-style bolero Plunkett wears in this print seems to bear this out, since La Mañola was a balleticized Spanish dance performed to music from Gaetano Donizetti's opera La favorite (1840). Her costume, however, is not the same as in other depictions of her performances of La Mañola.
Biographical/historical: Despite her apparently English name, Adeline Plunkett was born in Belgium, made her debut in Trieste, and danced at Her Majesty's Theatre in London before becoming a principal ballerina at the Paris Opéra, where she performed until 1857.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 34 x 25 cm., on mount 42 x 27 cm.
Description
Full-length portrait of ballerina Adeline Plunkett, costumed in a Romantic tutu with a bolero over her bodice.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19606971
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ee0e5620-18c6-0131-0382-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1800: Creator Born
  • 1854: Issued
  • 1872: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Adeline Plunkett" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d4be700-d7d3-0132-857c-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Adeline Plunkett" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d4be700-d7d3-0132-857c-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1854). Adeline Plunkett Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d4be700-d7d3-0132-857c-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

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Adeline Plunkett