Madle Cerito & Sigr Guerra. In the favorite Ballet of, "Le lac des Fées." By Guerra. Fanny Cerito. A Guerra
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print captures a famous London ballet moment. It shows Fanny Cerrito dancing in *Le Lac des Fées* in 1840. The scene is from the story where a man steals a fairy’s scarf and takes away her immortality. Queen Victoria loved the show. She cheered loudly at the second performance. Critics, though, called the effects “of the stamp that are seen in the fi...” Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
