Statement Of Responsibility: texte et dessins par Lorentz.
Biographical/Historical: La filleule des fées (The fairies' godchild) was first performed at the Paris Opéra on October 8, 1849, with a scenario by Jules Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Perrot (whose names are satirized in Lorentz's subtitle as Singe-Orge and Pierrot), choreography by Perrot, and music by Adolphe Adam and Alfred de Saint-Julien. The leading role of Ysaure, the fairies' godchild, was danced by Carlotta Grisi, with Perrot and Lucien Petipa as her rival lovers, respectively called Alain and Prince Hugues de Provence. They are caricatured in the second row of pictures as the large figures at far left and far right. The comic strip form was introduced by lithographer Rodolphe Töpffer in 1833 and later adopted by wood engravers, who sometimes accompanied their illustrations with printed text, as Lorentz does here.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Clippings
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving, b&w ; in mat, visible image 57 x 41 cm.

Abstract

Leaf from the Parisian periodical Journal pour rire, issue of 20 octobre 1849. It has been mounted in a double-sided mat; on the recto is the journal's front page, containing the illustrated Revue pittoresque des événements du jour, drawn by Nadar. Lorentz's caricatures of the ballet La filleule des fées, depicted in thirteen scenes, are printed on the verso in four rows in the manner of a comic strip, with his satirical commentaries accompanying the pictures.

Languages

French

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 759168044
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19376141
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd58fe80-0880-0133-5044-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1849-10-20

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La filleule des fées: ballet toujours pantomime, en trois actes et ses tableaux; à la queue d'un prologue, par MM. Singe-Orge et Pierrot" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd58fe80-0880-0133-5044-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1849). La filleule des fées: ballet toujours pantomime, en trois actes et ses tableaux; à la queue d'un prologue, par MM. Singe-Orge et Pierrot Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd58fe80-0880-0133-5044-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La filleule des fées: ballet toujours pantomime, en trois actes et ses tableaux; à la queue d'un prologue, par MM. Singe-Orge et Pierrot" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cd58fe80-0880-0133-5044-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia citation

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