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Danse du boleras, the boleras dance

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57405358


Item data

Title

Danse du boleras, the boleras dance

Collection

Prints depicting dance
Theatrical dancers in groups or more than two but not in a ballet or theatrical dance scene
Josephine Butler collection of dance prints

Names

Butler, Josephine (Collector)
Bradford, William, 1779 or 1780-1857 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1781 - 1939
Date Created: 1809
Place: London
Publisher: Booth

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFY But 23

Subjects

Folk dancing -- Europe, Western

Genres

Prints

Notes

Acquisition: Gift; Estate of Josephine Butler.
Biographical/Historical: Josephine DeNatale Butler, 1911-1996, was a dance educator, historian, and author. She began her career in fashion design, but in 1936 she and her husband Albert Butler founded the Albert Butler School of Dance, which she directed for fifty years. They also collaborated on the monumental Encyclopedia of social dancing, versions of which first appeared in the late 1960s. In 1970 she created an archive of social dancing, encompassing print materials, moving images, and other memorabilia, at the Dance Collection (today known as the Jerome Robbins Dance Division) of New York Public Library. These prints were among a collection of additional materials donated to the Library by her estate in 1996, selections from which appeared in the Library's exhibition Cotillion to cakewalk: social dance prints, presented from May 19-Sept. 13, 1997.
Statement Of Responsibility: Rev. W[illia]m Bradford del.; I. Clark sculp.
Biographical/Historical: Probably from Bradford's Sketches of the country, character and costume, in Portugal and Spain: made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : color ; 38 x 49 cm. or smaller.

Languages

French
English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 825109211
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19758824
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b5724100-f1b9-013b-cf57-0242ac110002

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1781

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Danse du boleras, the boleras dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1809 - 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5724100-f1b9-013b-cf57-0242ac110002

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1809 - 1939). Danse du boleras, the boleras dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5724100-f1b9-013b-cf57-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Danse du boleras, the boleras dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5724100-f1b9-013b-cf57-0242ac110002

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