Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. Engraving, plate mark; 20.2 x 27.3 cm.

Subject

1. Campanini, Barberina, 1721-1799

Call number

1. *MGZFA-18 Hog W C 1

Note

1. An engraving after a satirical sketch by Hogarth, prompted by the leaps and elevation of La Barberina and Desnoyer when they danced in London, circa 1741.
2. A theatrical setting, standing spectators at boths sides applauding. Barberina Campanini is leaping in the air, both legs thrown out to the sides. Desnoyer, wearing a tonnelet and plumed headpiece, is also jumping, his feet in first position.
3. Dotted lines indicating the height of the jumps and a "scale of feet" permit the viewer to appreciate the relative merits of each dancer.
4. Reproduced in Dance Magazine, September 1950, p. 14.

Author

1. Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.

Title

1. A B the charmers of the age.

Imprint

1. [London] published by Rd Livesay at Mrs Hogarth's, Leicester Fields, March 1, 1782.

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Local subject

1. Ballet -- England -- 18th century.
2. Prints (Graphic arts) -- Ballet -- 18th century.
3. Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Research call number

1. *MGZFA-18 Hog W C 1