1894
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Mlle. Aenea at the Palace Theatre. Mr. Dando working the machine up in the gridiron is a 1894 watercolor by Julius Mendes Price, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour is about a theatre scene. It shows the backstage work at the Palace Theatre. The technician, Walter Pfeffer Dando, was working on the flying equipment for Mlle. Aenea's performance. He was a specialist in technical theatre and had patented a device to fly human performers over a stage. To learn more about the style of this watercolour, look up the movement: Impressionism, Realism.
This watercolour by Julius Mendes Price, signed J.M.P., depicts Walter Pfeffer Dando operating stage machinery on the gridiron above the Palace Theatre stage. The scene captures Dando adjusting flying equipment for Mlle. Aenea’s performance in *The Spider and the Fly* during October 1894, with wires and a large wheel visible in the background. Dando, a specialist in theatrical flying mechanisms, had long collaborated with the performer, who was also his wife. Price, known for his work in *The Illustrated London News* and *Vanity Fair*, created the image for publication.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Julius Mendes Price (1857 – 29 September 1924) was an artist, war correspondent, explorer, traveller, journalist and caricaturist for Vanity Fair (signed "Imp", "Jmp" or "jmp").
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