Content: Caption: The sylph of the forest. The song of The fairy butterfly sung by Miss Burnett Williams & Mrs. Mackintosh written by Fanny E. Lacy. Composed by John Pridham. Music title page.
Content: Depicts the dancer floating through the air over a pond, arms clasped to her breast. Wings attached to her back, flowers in her hair.
Acquisition: Gift of Lillian Moore.
Statement Of Responsibility: J. Brandard. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 24.2 x 19.5 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12148877
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f5773d90-18c2-0131-e930-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1844

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The sylph of the forest, the song of the fairy butterfly" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5773d90-18c2-0131-e930-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1844). The sylph of the forest, the song of the fairy butterfly Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5773d90-18c2-0131-e930-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The sylph of the forest, the song of the fairy butterfly" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5773d90-18c2-0131-e930-58d385a7bbd0

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