About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air
+ o - ^
previous next

Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Jerome Robbins Dance Division

  • Choregraphie
  • A long minuet as danced at Bath
  • Sketchbook
  • Sarah Bernhardt's farewell American tour
  • Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French
  • The dance score
  • Traité élémentaire, théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse
  • Sketchbook
  • Coreografie per ballabili d'opera
  • Caricature of Sergeĭ Dyagilev
  • La sténochorégraphie
  • Ehon Tsūhōshi
  • Le maître a danser
  • America
  • Costume designs for the ballet La Pastorella Svizzera
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Prints depicting dance

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

View as book

This Item

Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air
Additional title: Spirit of air
Names
M. & N. Hanhart (Printers) (Publisher)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1838 (Approximate)
Place: London
Publisher: M. & N. Hanhart
Issuance: single unit
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFB Els H Spi 1
Topics
Gilbert, George
Spirit of air (Choreographic work : Gilbert)
Ballet -- 19th century
Ballet -- England -- 19th century
Elssler, Hermine
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Music title page.
Content: Hermine Elssler sur la pointe, wearing costume with wings attached to back, supported by a kneeling George Gilbert before an interior scene with a window.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 21.9 x 19.4 cm.
Cut out pasted on paper.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12148833
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c298f5c0-18c0-0131-92e0-58d385a7bbd0
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

  • 1838: Issued
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1838. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c3f51f0-9da5-0131-6552-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c3f51f0-9da5-0131-6552-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1838). Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c3f51f0-9da5-0131-6552-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c3f51f0-9da5-0131-6552-58d385a7b928 | title= (still image) Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air, (1838) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 26, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Madlle Elsler [sic] & Mr. Gilbert, in The spirit of air