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Playing the man or trousers roles: Call for contributors 6

Below is the final ‘Call for Contributors’ post for the Dance Biography blog. Several posts on this theme are invited, including subjects not posted below.

Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860 (artist). ‘Pauline Duvernay. [Lithograph by Alfred E. Chalon]’. [London, ca. 1836]. The New York Public Library Digital Collectionshttps://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fa820f30-8b72-0131-1ba4-58d385a7b928

Costume de Melle Maria, rôle d’un PAGE, dans La chatte métamorphesée en femme, ballet. Académie Royale de Musique, no. n51.’ Paris,[1837?].  https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b70016661

Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 (lithographer and publisher) after William Drummond. ‘Maddle Celeste as the wild Arab boy.’ New York, lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. [1839?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Fairburn, J. (publisher). ‘Madam Celeste as the dumb Arab boy in The siege of Constantine.’ [London] pub. by J. Fairburn, Jan. 15, 1838. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c9122840-294d-0131-8c9b-58d385a7b928

Lecomte, Hippolyte, 1781-1857 (designer). ‘La Muette de Portici: seize maquettes de costumes, No. 9 Les Pages Ballet Dames.’ [n.p., 1828]. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84545168

Maleuvre, Louis, 1785-after 1837 (engraver). ‘Costume de Melle Taglioni, rôle de ZULMA, La révolte au sérail, ballet. Académie Royale de Musique, no. 838.’ Paris, [1833?]. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7001466b

Maleuvre, Louis, 1785-after 1837 (engraver). ‘Costume de Melle Pauline Leroux, rôle de Zéïr, La révolte au sérail, ballet. Académie Royale de Musique, no. 836.’ Paris, [1833?]. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7001411c

Maleuvre, Louis, 1785-after 1837 (engraver). ‘Costume de Mazilier, rôle de ISMAÏL, La révolte au sérail, ballet. Académie Royale de Musique, no. 841.’ Paris, [1833?]. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b70017560

All offers of contributions, on this or any other subject, to the editor Sarah McCleave, s.mccleave@qub.ac.uk

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Noblet to Taglioni: Call for contributors 5

Above: Anonymous print of Marie Sallé in ‘Ballet des fleurs’ from the New York Public Library.

Below are further proposed themes, subjects, and and images for the Dance Biography blog:

“ESCAPING EFFIE” Noblet, Lise (1801-1852)

Costume sketch, Hautecoeur-Martinet, number 728, Lise Noblet in La Sylphide as Effie, circa 1832. Houghton library, George Chaffee Dance Collection.

Grévedon, Henri, 1776-1860 (artist), and Alphonse Bichebois, 1801-1850 (lithographer). ‘Melle Noblet de l’Académie royale de Musique.’

Paris, [182-].  The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b66f4be0-beb3-0132-6b2c-58d385a7bbd0

Maleuvre , Louis, b. 1785 (engraver). ‘Costume de Mlle. Noblet dans La révolte au sérail ballet. Acte II.’ Paris, [1833?].  https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b70016876

Vigneron, Pierre Roch, 1789-1872 (del.). ‘Melle. Noblet, Académie royale de musique.’ [Paris], [c. 1830]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dbac5e70-beb3-0132-babd-58d385a7bbd0

FORTHCOMING Parisot, Mlle (c. 1775-after 1837) ‘Body on Show’ by Sarah McCleave

FORTHCOMING Sallé, Marie (1709?-1756) ‘La Vestale’ by Sarah McCleave

FORTHCOMING: Santlow, Hester, ‘The Loves of Mars and Venus’ (provisional title) by Moira Goff.

FORTHCOMING Subligny, Marie-Thérèse (1666-1735?) ‘The First Lady of Dance’ by Jennifer Thorp.

Mariette, Jean, 1660-1742 (engraver). “Mademoiselle Subligny dansant à l’Opéra.” Paris, [169-?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c52-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

THE GENIUS OF DANCE: Taglioni, Maria (1804-1884)

‘Taglioni.’ Paris: F. Sinnett (rotonde 10) galerie Colbert [183-?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a64800a0-dd56-0132-0538-58d385a7bbd0

Grévedon, Henri, 1776-1860 (illustrator). [‘Marie Taglioni.’] [Paris, ca.1840]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1840. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d7d39c0-dd5a-0132-3af0-58d385a7bbd0

Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872 (artist), after Alfred Edward Chalon. ‘Marie Taglioni [fac. sig.].’ [London], 1831. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c43-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Lange, Jane (Ange-Louis Janet, 1811-1872), illustrator, lithographer, engraver. ‘Scène des fleurs, dansée par Mlle Taglioni (Académie Royale de musique).’ https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427166w

Noël, Alphonse Léon, 1807-1884 (lithographer). ‘Mlle Taglioni Académie de Musique.’ Paris, [c.1840]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94bd81d0-dd59-0132-ff26-58d385a7bbd0

Vigneron, Pierre Roch, 1789-1872 (artist). ‘Melle. Taglioni.’ Paris, [183-]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a5ea010-dd59-0132-6afa-58d385a7bbd0


Offers of contributions, on the above or other subjects, to the editor Sarah McCleave, s.mccleave@qub.ac.uk

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Guimard to Nielson: Call for contributors 4

Above: Mlle Joséphine Hullin. Source: gallica.bnf.fr. /BnF.

Below are further proposed themes, subjects, and images for the Dance Biography blog:

“LA GUIMARD in PARIS and LONDON”: Guimard, Marie Madeleine (1743-1816)

Boquet, Louis-René, 1717-1814 (designer). Tancrède Mlle Guimard guerrière 1764 [maquette de costume]. [n.p., 1764].. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8454777n?rk=21459;2

Gervais, Eugène (after F. Boucher). “Melle Guimard.” Paris,

[between 1840-1860]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0be6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Humphrey, E. (“The celebrated Mademoiselle G-m-rd or Grimhard from Paris.” [London], 1789. The New York Public Library Digital Collectionshttp://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c21-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Dulertre (artist), and Jean-François Janinet, 1752-1814 (engraver). ‘Mlle Guimard dans le ballet du Navigateur). Paris, 1786. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100269535?rk=42918;4

CHILD PRODIGY: Hullin, Joséphine (1808-1838).

Maleuvre (engraver). ‘Mlle Joséphine HULLIN, agée de 4 ans, dans la rôle du Petit Poucet dans la Botte de sept lieues. … Théatre de la Gaité Pantomime.’ A Paris, chez Mme Masson Libraire rue de l’Echelle, No. 10, [1812]. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53177576j/f1.item

FORTHCOMING. “BORN IN AMERICA” Maywood, Augusta (1825-1877?) by Lynn Matluck Brooks.

 Bedetti, Augusto (Lithographer). ‘Augusta Maywood.’ Ancona: Lit. Pieroni, [1853]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Clay, Edward Williams, 1799-1857 (artist). ‘[La petite Augusta, aged 12 years, in the character of Zoloe, in the Bayadere].’ N.Y.,[1838]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/05fe3de0-dd5d-0132-f092-58d385a7b928

“FAME IN THE FRENCH PROVINCES” Molard, Mlle. Zélie.

Noël, Francisque (lithographer), and F. Marin. ‘Mlle. Zélie Molard. Artiste du Théâtre de la Porte St. Martin. Rôle de Louise dans Le déserteur. Lith. de F. Noël.’ Paris,[184-]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1840 – http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bde95d80-d70f-0132-3e8d-58d385a7bbd0

“ADOPTING AN IDENTITY” Montez, Lola (1818-1861)

Dartinguenave, Prosper Guillaume, b. 1815 (Artist), and Adolphe Menut (lithographer).  “Lola Montez.” Paris, [184?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aac27cc0-1454-0133-8e55-58d385a7b928

‘Portrait of Lola Montez,’ [183-?-185-?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e85bdbb0-8cc2-0134-3629-00505686a51c

FORTHCOMING on Nautch Girls by Aryama Bej, Jadavpur University.

“THE COST OF FAME” Nielsen, Augusta W. (1822-1902)

Senties, Pierre Asthasie Théodore, b. 1801 (Artist), and Emilien Desmaisons,1812-1880 (Lithographer). ‘Melle. Augusta Nielsen. Première danseuse du Théâtre Royal de Copenhague. Lith. par E. Desmaisons d’après Senties.’ Paris, [1842?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ffc6df70-1454-0133-69f6-58d385a7b928

Offers of contributions, on these or other subjects, to the editor Sarah McCleave, s.mccleave@qub.ac.uk.

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Cochois to Fairbrother: Call for contributors 3

Further proposed subjects, themes, and images for the Dance Biographies blog:

A FRENCH DANCER AT THE COURT OF FREDERICK THE GREAT:

Cochois, Marianne

Pesne, Antoine, 1682-1757 (artist), and Eugène-Michel-Joseph Abot, 1836-1894 (engraver). ‘Melle Cochois dansant devant ses soeurs (Château de Potsdam).’ Bottom left: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Bottom right: Imp. Chardon-Wittmann. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. “ The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1750 -. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec2c64d0-ada1-0133-08bb-00505686a51c

“ESTABLISHING A LEGACY” Dauberval, Mme Théodore (b. 1760)

Demarsoeuvre (pinxit.), and Jean Pallière (del & sculp). ‘Théodore Dauberval, premiere danseuse de l’Academie de Musique et du spectacle de bordx. Née à Paris le 6 obre. 1760.’ Paris, c. 1800. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3d69a00-e7af-0132-fd1b-58d385a7b928

Le Fevre (del.), and L. Legoux (sculp.). ‘Theodore Dauberval. Ses talens seduisent, son esprit entraine; l’amitié seu le peut apprecier son Coeur.’  1800. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec2bbd00-e7af-0132-595a-58d385a7b928

Lenard, C. (pinx. et sculp.). ‘Theodore Dauberval née a Paris le 25/9bre 1761.’ Paris, [c. 1800]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6896b60-e7af-0132-f706-58d385a7b928

FORTHCOMING. Dawson, Nancy (Ann Newton c.1728-1767), by Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson.

Nancy Dawson dancing the hornpipe. Anon, c. 1753. British Museum, https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3478154&partId=1&page=2&searchText=dancers&images=true&people=&place=&from=ad&fromDate=1680&to=ad&toDate=1860&object=&subject=&matcult=&technique=&school=&material=&ethname=&ware=&escape=&museumno=&bibliography=&citation=&peoA=&plaA=&termA=&sortBy=&view=

“MEMORABLE ROLES”: Elssler, Fanny (1810-1884).

Cajetan, L. (del.), and Berndt (lithographer). ‘Fanny Elssler in dem Divertissement: “Des Malers Traumbild.” Cajetan del. Berndt lith. Steindr. des T. Rauh.’ Wien, [ca. 1843]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f977fa0-9cbd-0131-f2df-58d385a7b928

Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 (lithographer). ‘Fanny Elssler in the favorite dance La cachucha.’ New York, Lith. & pub. by N. Currier [between 1838 and 1846]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18ec8690-9da7-0131-611a-58d385a7b928

Fleetwood (lithographer). ‘Madlle. Fanny Elssler in La tarentule. Fleetwood’s Lithography.’ New York, Firth & Hall [1840]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2678e780-9d9b-0131-9bb0-58d385a7b928

Gauci, Maxim, 1774-1854 (lithographer), from John Deffett Francis, 1815-1901 (artist). ‘La Volière. – Portrait of Mademoiselle F. Elssler.’ London, 1838. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c48-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

FORTHCOMING (Cavers and HALL): Fairbrother, Sarah Louise (1816-1890)

Offers of contributions, on these subjects or others, to the editor Sarah McCleave, s.mccleave@qub.ac.uk.

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BACCELLI TO CERRITO: Call for contributors 2

Above: Celeste as the Maid of Cashmere. [Lithograph] E. T. Parris, 1837 from The New York Public Library.

Further proposed subjects for the blogs with likely themes and illustrations are provided in list form across a series of posts.

“What is a likeness?” : Baccelli, Giovanna (Giovanna Francesca Antonio Guiseppe Zanerini, 1753-1801)

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788 (Artist), and John Jones, ca. 1745-1797 (engraver). ‘“Signora Baccelli [inscribed on tambourine, lower left].’ [London]: 1784. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5dfa84a0-0e0d-0133-d085-58d385a7b928

Reynolds, Sir Joshua (Artist), and John Raphael Smith (Engraver). Mademoiselle Baccelli. London, 1783. The New York Public Library. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc178f20-7de3-0130-5d31-58d385a7b928

Roberts, James (1753-c.1809) (Artist), and J. Thornthwaite (engraver). Signora Baccelli in the ballet (call’d) Les amans surpris . [London]: 1781. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1781-05-15).  https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b191b9c0-7de3-0130-d03b-58d385a7b928

FORTHCOMING “RISE OF THE ITALIAN STYLE”: Barbarina (Barbara Campanini, 1721-1799), by Moira Goff.

Livesay, Richard (1750-1826). ‘The Charmers of the Age, after William Hogarth, 1782. Publish’d March 1, 1782, by Rd. Livesay at Mrs Hogarths Leicester Fields”. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ebdd440-9e2c-0130-fe67-58d385a7b928

“REPUTATION AFTER RETIREMENT”: Camargo, Marie Anne de Cupis de (1710-1770)

Lancret, Nicolas, painter, and E. Gervais, engraver. ‘Melle. Camargo.’ Paris, [185-?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 – 1859. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0d4d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Nattier, Jean-Marc, 1685-1766 (artist). ‘[La Camargo, dame de la cour de Louis XV].’ Paris: Manzi, Joyant & Cie, [189?]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0db0cde0-0dfd-0133-d449-58d385a7b928

“AN INTERNATONAL PHENOMENON”: Celeste, Céline (1815?-1882)

Endicott (lithographer). ‘The Greek romaika, danced by Mademoiselle Celeste, with the admired Valse pathetique [by] A. Fleche.’ [New York, ca. 1837]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0d52-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Firth & Hall (publisher). ‘The cachucha as danced by Celeste wit [sic] Une valse sentimentale.’ New York, [ca. 1835]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9fd240f0-294a-0131-5723-58d385a7b928

Parris, Edmund Thomas, 1793-1873 (artist), and A. Pichin (lith).  ‘Celeste [fac. sig.] as the Maid of Cashmere. [Lithograph] E. T. Parris, 1837; London, Hodgson & Graves, 1837. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22d38ad0-0dff-0133-afe6-58d385a7b928

“ADMIRED WHEREVER SHE WENT”: Cerrito, Fanny (1817-1909)

Brandon, Lionel (artist), and George J. Zoebel (engraver). ‘Mad’lle Fanny Cerito, of Her Majesty’s Theatre.’ [London], 1844. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15de07a0-0e08-0133-8380-58d385a7b928

Simonau, François (artist, 1783-1859), and G.H. Every (engraver).  ‘Fanny Cerrito.’ London: E. Gambart, Junin & co., 1845. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fcf8beb0-0e07-0133-6fc7-58d385a7b928

Sorrieu, Frédèric, 1807 – (artist), and Magnier (lithographer). ‘La Cerrito. [Lithograph] F. Sorrieu. Lith. Magnier.’ Paris, Chez Quesnel & Boisgontier [184-]. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cec82880-2957-0131-0612-58d385a7bbd0.

Valentini, Alexandre de, fl. 1825-1842 (artist), and H.S. Ball (engraver). ‘Madlle Cerito in the grand ballet Le lac des fées.’ London; Paris, 1842. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1842.  https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15be34c0-2952-0131-6e9c-58d385a7b928

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Dance Biographies: Call for contributors part 1

This is the first of four blogs serving as a ‘call for contributors’ that will establish a collaborative, international, project in dance biography.  Broadly, this blog series will cover female theatrical dancers active between 1680 and 1860; it will consider the development and promotion of their careers and their reputations through the media of their day. Twenty-four potential subjects are proposed – for each of these particular questions or issues are supplied that are intended to stimulate responses in the respective blogs. Images are imagined as integral to the stories being told in the blogs, and a selection is nominated for each dancer. It is hoped that the topics proposed will stimulate offers of blog posts from archivists, art historians, iconographers and musicologists as well as dance specialists.

The current list of topics has a London-Paris bias, reflecting the research interests of the editor. Further proposals, however, of additional names – including dancers who would broaden the blog’s geographic scope – are welcome. The selection of images is also open to discussion, with this limitation: this blog can only publish images that are in the public domain in the United Kingdom. There is no dedicated budget to pay for photography of images nor to secure publishing rights.

This post announces five of the proposed subjects; three or four further blogs completing this ‘call for contributors’ will appear between mid-December and mid-January 2021. The blog series proper could launch as early as March 2021 and will continue with up to two posts per month until all the posts have been published. There is no particular plan to the sequence of blogs: deadlines will be agreed individually with contributors. 

The language of the blog is English; where necessary, the editor can offer to translate posts written in French, German or Italian. Individual blogs of over 1200 words are discouraged; where required, the editor will consider dividing longer blogs into two or three parts and publishing them in sequence.

And now, to open the curtain on five of our subjects:

Marie Sallé (1709-1756)

Active in London and in Paris, this dancer is of particular interest on several fronts: for her reception as a performer, for her status as a female ‘choreographer’, and for the carefully crafted public image projected in her portraits. Two key portraits from her lifetime are selected, and a later re-striking of the Lancret. Information about the motivations behind the creation of each of these images would be particularly welcome.

Proposed IMAGES for Sallé article:

Fenouil, Paul, fl. 1740s painter, and Giles Edme Petit, 1694-1760 (engraver). ‘M’lle M’rie Sallé, la Terpsicore françoise.’ Paris, chez Petit rue St. Jacques [174-?]. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. *MGZFB Sal M P 2The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1740 – 1749. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c65-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Lancret, Nicolas, 1690-1843 (painter), and Nicolas Delarmessin, 1684-1753 (engraver). ‘Mlle. Sallé.’ Paris, 1730s. Copy: Pimpernel Prints.

Lancret, Nicolas , 1690-1843 (painter), and Hippolyte Louis Emile Pacquet, 1797- (engraver). ‘Mlle. Sallé règne de Louis XV. d’après Lancret 1730.’ [Paris] Impe. Fosset [ca. 1862]. Bureau des modes et costumes historiques, no. 58. H. Pacquet on plate. Unidentified production process after an engraving by H. Pacquet. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. *MGZFB Sal M P 1The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1862. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c30-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Mlle Auretti by an anon. artist. Copy New York Public Library.
Mlle Auretti by an unknown artist. Image: New York Public Library.

Mlles Anne & Janneton Auretti  (fl. 1742-1753)

The Mlles Auretti were active in London’s Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres, as well as in Paris. They became bywords for grace and elegance in subsequent references in print; their repertory is documented in part through the music series, ‘Hasse’s Comic Tunes’. The two illustrations selected have varied points of interest: can we identify the artists or publisher for the anonymous print? What is the motivation for the re-striking of the Scotin in the 1760s, and why was Queen Victoria moved to purchase of copy of this print (now in the New York Public Library)?

Proposed IMAGES for Auretti article:

Anon. [Paris? 1740s?]. The NYPL catalogue records the following legend: Telle est la célèbre Auretti, / L’ame du Bal, et de la Danse, / A qui le Ciel a departi / Le don de voler en cadance.  Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. *MGZFF Aur A U 3. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1740-1749. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-7124-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Scotin, Louis Gérard (engraver), and J. Spilsbury (engraver). “Mademoiselle Auretti.” G. Scotin sculpt. London, published according to act of Parliament by J. Spilsbury, engraver, map & print seller, in Russel Court Covent Garden [176-?]. A re-strike of Scotin’s engraving, originally dated Jan’y ye 15th 1745/6. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1760 – 1769. *MGZFF Aur A U 2http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0bf6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Dawson, Nancy (Ann Newton c.1728-1767)

This popular British dancer is of interest for the fame generated by one particular role, the hornpipe; also for her accumulation of fame and reputation in song, verse, and an “Authentic Memoir.” 

Proposed IMAGE for Nancy Dawson article:

Anon. [after portrait by Michael Jackson?] ‘Nancy Dawson dancing the hornpipe‘. [London], c. 1753. Etching and Engraving. British Museum, 1849,1003.96. https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3478154&partId=1&page=2&searchText=dancers&images=true&people=&place=&from=ad&fromDate=1680&to=ad&toDate=1860&object=&subject=&matcult=&technique=&school=&material=&ethname=&ware=&escape=&museumno=&bibliography=&citation=&peoA=&plaA=&termA=&sortBy=&view=

Parisot, Mlle (c. 1775-after 1837)

Mademoiselle Parisot performed at the King’s Theatre during the final years of the eighteenth century. Noted for her unusual attitudes, all depictions of her – whether satirical or serious – emphasize her sensuality. The three illustrations proposed are each by artists of notably distinct styles.

Proposed IMAGES for Parisot article:

Devis, Arthur William, 1762-1822 (Artist), and John Raphael Smith, 1752-1812 (Engraver). “Mademoiselle Parisot” London: A.W. Devis, 1797. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1797-03-11. *MGZFF Par U 1.https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7a9731c0-1457-0133-f9f9-58d385a7bbd0

Masquerier, John James, 1778-1855 (artist), and Charles Turner, 1774-1857 (engraver). ‘Mademoiselle Parisot.’ [London? 1799]. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1799. *MGZFB Par P 1. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-0c38-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 (Artist). “Modern grace, or The operatical finale to the ballet of Alonzo e Cora.”  [London]: H. Humphrey, 1796. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1796-05-05. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/32a7f9f0-9e2b-0130-ddf1-58d385a7b928

Parisot by Masquerier
Mlle Parisot, drawn by J.J. Masquerier and engraved by C. Turner. Copy: New York Public Library

Fairbrother, Sarah Louise (1816-1890) 

This performer belongs to an established tradition of English actress-dancers. Active on the stages of Edinburgh and then London circa 1827-1848, Fairbrother was noted particularly for her assumption of male roles, and also as Columbine. Her colourful private life culminated in a morganatic marriage to Prince George Duke of Cambridge. It is hoped this blog will redress the present emphasis on her personal life by offering an assessment of her theatrical reception. Indicative list of potential IMAGES, supplied by Pimpernel Prints, include lithographs of Fairbrother in the following roles: as Eglantine (in Valentine and Orson); as Abdallah (in The Forty-Thieves); as Little John (in the burlesque Robin Hood); also

Brandard, John, 1812-1863 (Artist), and James Warren Childe, d. 1862 (Lithographer). ‘Columbine [with facsimile signature Louisa Fairbrother].’ London: J. Mitchell, 1839.  Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. *MGZFX Fai 1-2The New York Public Library Digital Collectionshttp://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47476b40-f05a-0133-62f0-00505686a51c

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