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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
H Beard Print Collection is a 1 by The Illustrated London News, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print captures a ballet scene from 1846. It shows four dancers on stage: three women in matching dresses and a man leaping behind them. The women wear roses and simple headresses while the man holds a rose and performs a jump. It was published in The Illustrated London News. That weekly paper often printed illustrations of theater and dance. Look up The Illustrated London News to see more of their work.
The illustration titled "The Pas des Deesses, at Her Majesty's Theatre" depicts a ballet scene featuring four principal dancers—three women and one man. The women, positioned in a line at the front, wear matching full skirts and fitted bodices with square necklines, each adorned with a single rose, while two also wear simple headpieces. The male dancer, leaping behind them, is dressed in a dark knee-length tunic over a long-sleeved top and holds a rose in his right hand. In the background, three additional dancers in plain short tunics are visible, one of whom carries a staff resembling the…
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The Illustrated London News, founded by Herbert Ingram and first published on Saturday 14 May 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.
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