Fanny Elssler in the Shadow Dance

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Description (Brief):

Black and white print of a ballet dancer (Fanny Elssler in her role as La Sylphide) on point beside a moonlit shore of a lake.

Date Made: 1846

Depicted: Elssler, FannyMaker: Sarony & Major

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: CostumeChronology: 1840-1849Dancing

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Related Publication: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone, Flint, Janet. Prints and Personalities: The American Theater's First Hundred Years

Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.2660Catalog Number: 60.2660Accession Number: 228146

Object Name: lithographObject Type: Lithograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 8 in x 11 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 29.845 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-be38-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324971

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