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Title
Les coulisses de l'Opéra (le corps de ingénues)
Additional title: Opera slips (a body of young maido [sic])
Additional title: Coulissen des Opernhauses (die Schaar der Unschuld)
Additional title: Musée de moeurs en actions
Names
Bettannier, Joseph (Lithographer)
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 (Artist)
Régnier, Claude, 19th cent. (Lithographer)
Imprimerie Lemercier et cie (Lithographer)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers in groups or more than two but not in a ballet or theatrical dance scene

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1860 - 1869 (Approximate)
Place: Paris, Berlin, Barcelona
Place: London
Publisher: E. Gambart
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFY Bet J Cou 1
Topics
Ballet -- France -- 19th century
Genres
Prints
Notes
Statement of responsibility: peint par Gavarni ; lith. par Regnier et Bettannier.
Content: Caption title.
Content: At head of print: Musée de moeurs en actions.
Statement of responsibility: Imp. par Lemercier à Paris.
Biographical/historical: The French lithographer and painter Paul Gavarni, a contemporary of Honoré Daumier, was also known for his unsparing satirical depictions of contemporary life.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 1 print : lithograph, color ; 51 x 68 cm.
Description
Depiction of a backstage scene at an opera house, possibly the Paris Opéra. Behind a flat, female members of the corps de ballet line up on a platform, preparing for their entrance. A few flirt with male admirers. Theatrical props, including ewers, spears, and wreaths, are piled in the foreground. Their suggestion of a Roman theme is echoed by the weapons, banner, and helmet visible amid the crowd at left. Audience members in a box and in the balcony appear above the top of the flat.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
French
English
German
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825067500
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19758150
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bb2ac780-0107-0135-8946-083bf0a154b8
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1860: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Les coulisses de l'Opéra (le corps de ingénues)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860 - 1869. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a2dcd7f0-05d9-0135-6e1a-6176ac3b6958

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Les coulisses de l'Opéra (le corps de ingénues)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a2dcd7f0-05d9-0135-6e1a-6176ac3b6958

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1860 - 1869). Les coulisses de l'Opéra (le corps de ingénues) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a2dcd7f0-05d9-0135-6e1a-6176ac3b6958

Wikipedia Citation

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Les coulisses de l'Opéra (le corps de ingénues)