Flora Fabbri (facsimile signature)
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
10
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Flora Fabbri (facsimile signature) is a 10 by James-Warren Child, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Flora Fabbri as Mazourka, a peasant dancer, in the ballet *The Devil to Pay*. It’s a Romantic-era image from 1846, capturing her London debut. The crowd went wild—throwing flowers and wreaths onto the stage. She danced on pointe, a risky move that became standard for ballerinas by the 1830s. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this print.
The print depicts Flora Fabbri performing as Mazourka in the ballet *The Devil to Pay*, shown dancing on pointe with one leg raised in attitude, her body angled to the right and head turned left. She wears a black bodice with white lace trim and red ribbons, a white apron, and a long black ribbon around her neck, her hair tied back with red ribbons. The scene includes a cottage with a bench in the background, rolling hills, and a lake, while a posy and laurel wreath lie on the ground as symbols of audience tributes. The image reflects the Romantic ballet era, characterized by lithographic…
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James-Warren Child made lithographs for 19th-century London ballet scenes and sheet music covers.
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