Untitled
2
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 2 by James-Warren Child, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a woman on stage in a bold moment from 1848. She wears men’s costume and lifts her skirt to show her leg. That was rare and risky back then. The artist captured a lively scene from burlesque theater. A famous actress named Louise Fairbrother draws the eye. She even had a royal admirer, the Duke of Cambridge. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum for more.
The artwork depicts a female figure in male attire, standing against a rocky backdrop with a landscape to the left. She poses with her right leg forward, right arm extended holding a handkerchief, and left hand on her hip, her head turned over her left shoulder. Her costume includes a red bodice with white foliage motifs, a blue sleeveless jacket, a short diaphanous skirt over thigh-length breeches, and blue ankle boots with red toes, accessorized with a jewelled scimitar and a blue fez adorned with foliage and plumes. The figure's loose, ringletted hair and confident stance emphasize the…
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James-Warren Child made lithographs for 19th-century London ballet scenes and sheet music covers.
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