Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845

Description

1. 1 print : engraving, hand-colored; 31 x 21 cm.

Summary

1. Representation of a dancing couple dressed in the neoclassical fashions of the post-revolutionary Directoire period in France (1795-1799). They are posed side-by-side, each stepping forward on the left foot with the right foot slightly elevated behind. The woman's left arm and the man's right arm are raised and joined to form an oval between them; their opposite hands are joined behind them.

Uniform title

1. Modes et costumes historiques.

Subject

1. Ballroom dancing -- France -- 18th century
2. Clothing and dress -- France -- 18th century

Genre/Form

1. Costume prints.
2. Engravings.

Call number

1. *MGZFX Pau H Fol 1

Note

1. Caption title.
2. Pauquet frères, editeurs.
3. At lower left: Imp[rimeri]e Fosset.
4. Pl. 85.

Source (note)

1. Lillian Moore.

Biography (note)

1. Print after a design by the artist Louis Léopold Boilly, published as part of Modes et costumes historiques [1864?], a collection of ninety-six costume plates depicting several centuries of French fashion, engraved by the brothers Hippolyte Pauquet and Polydore Pauquet.

Author

1. Pauquet, Hippolyte Louis Emile, 1797-

Title

1. La folie du jour, Directoire [graphic] : d'après Boilly, 1798 / H. Pauquet.

Imprint

1. [Paris] : Bureau de modes et costumes historiques, [1864?]

Biography

1. Print after a design by the artist Louis Léopold Boilly, published as part of Modes et costumes historiques [1864?], a collection of ninety-six costume plates depicting several centuries of French fashion, engraved by the brothers Hippolyte Pauquet and Polydore Pauquet.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

1. Gift; Lillian Moore.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845. Artist
2. Moore, Lillian. Donor

Added title

1. Modes et costumes historiques.

Research call number

1. *MGZFX Pau H Fol 1