Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Alophe, 1812-1883
2. Bouquet, Auguste, 1810-1846
3. Donon, J. (Julio), active 1850-1864
4. Gilks, Thomas
5. Valentin, Henry, 1820-1855

Description

1. 8 prints : lithograph, hand-colored or b&w; 37 x 46 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Depictions of Spanish dancing, as performed by both identified and anonymous dancers, in nineteenth-century prints. Some were published in books or journals; most of the wood engravings come from illustrated periodicals. They attest to the popularity of Spanish dancing, whether in the authentic forms seen in Spain or imported abroad by dancers from Spain, or in balleticized versions of Spanish dances, the prime example of which was Fanny Elssler's cachucha (which is not included here). The rage for Spanish dancing, along with folk and national dances of other countries, grew out of the Romantic era's passion for local color and taste for the exotic. Authentic and balleticized forms are both represented in this collection, which has been arranged in two groups: single figures and groups of two or more performers.

Subject

1. Serral, Dolores
2. Font, Francisco, active 1834
3. Cámara, Petra
4. Camprubí, Mariano, active 1834-1862
5. Bolero (Dance)
6. Wood engravings
7. Dubinon, Manuela, active 1834
8. Spanish dancing
9. Lithographs
10. Hauk, Minnie, 1851-1929
11. Dancers > Spain > 19th century
12. Perea, Manuela
13. Etchings
14. Dance > Spain
15. Soriano Fuertes, Mariano, 1817-1880 > Tio Caniyitas
16. Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 > Carmen
17. Vargas, Josefa, 1828-

Genre/Form

1. Lithographs.
2. Etchings.
3. Wood engravings.

Contents

1. Single figures (4 items): El Ole [Josefa Vargas] / [lithograph by J. Donon after a drawing by J. Vallejo] -- [Female dancer, facing left, right arm raised] -- [Female dancer with tambourine] -- [Female dancer with castanets].
2. Groups of two or more performers (11 items): [Couple in a landscape, woman with castanets, man with guitar] -- [Two couples in a landscape, with onlookers and a guitarist at right] -- Espagne, Espana, Danse, Danza [couple on a terrace, with guitarist and onlookers] -- Mr. Font et Mme. Dubinon dans la danse Coralleros de Sevilla; L'Artiste; (Bals de l'Opéra 1834) / [lithograph by] M. Alophe -- Bolero dancers at the theatre of Cadiz; London, Richard Bentley, 1843 / Thos. Gilks, Litho. -- Los dansadores; L'Artiste, [1837] / [lithograph by] A[uguste?] Bouquet -- El tio Caniyitas -- Minnie Hauk in "Carmen" -- The Spanish dancers at the Haymarket Theatre -- "The Spanish Dancers," at the Haymarket Theatre; Illustrated London News, Nov. 4, 1854 -- Dona Petra Camara, première danseuse du théâtre de Madrid, dansant le pas du Vito, dans le ballet de la Foire de Séville; [includes a paragraph on Cámara by Philippe Busoni]; L'Illustration, journal universel, March 1, 1851 / [engraved by] Henri Valentin, d'après un dessin de M. de Ribellès.

Call number

1. *MGZFY Spa 1-15

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

Source (note)

1. Lillian Moore.
2. Cia Fornaroli.

Biography (note)

1. The Spanish dancers Francisco Font, Manuela Dubinon, Dolores Serral, and Mariano Camprubí first appeared in Paris and London in 1834; their compatriots Petra Cámara and Josefa Vargas made their names in the 1850s. The lithograph Los dansadores depicts a statuette of Serral and Camprubí by A. Chevagneux. The print titled El tio Caniyitas probably represents a scene from the zarzuela El tío Caniyitas, o, El mundo nuevo de Cádiz (1849), said to be the most popular work of the Spanish composer Mariano Soriano Fuertes. The wood engraving titled Minnie Hauk in "Carmen" depicts the American-born soprano with dancers in a scene from Georges Bizet's opera. The two prints depicting Spanish dancers at the Haymarket Theatre in London portray the dancer Manuela Perea (also known as La Nena) and her company, which made repeated appearances at that theatre in the 1850s.

Title

1. Spanish dancing in nineteenth-century prints [graphic].

Imprint

1. [18--?]

Biography

1. The Spanish dancers Francisco Font, Manuela Dubinon, Dolores Serral, and Mariano Camprubí first appeared in Paris and London in 1834; their compatriots Petra Cámara and Josefa Vargas made their names in the 1850s. The lithograph Los dansadores depicts a statuette of Serral and Camprubí by A. Chevagneux. The print titled El tio Caniyitas probably represents a scene from the zarzuela El tío Caniyitas, o, El mundo nuevo de Cádiz (1849), said to be the most popular work of the Spanish composer Mariano Soriano Fuertes. The wood engraving titled Minnie Hauk in "Carmen" depicts the American-born soprano with dancers in a scene from Georges Bizet's opera. The two prints depicting Spanish dancers at the Haymarket Theatre in London portray the dancer Manuela Perea (also known as La Nena) and her company, which made repeated appearances at that theatre in the 1850s.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
2. For another copy of Mr. Font et Mme. Dubinon dans la danse Coralleros de Sevilla, see: *MGZFB Dub M Cor 2.

Source

1. El Ole, Bolero dancers at the theatre of Cadiz, "The Spanish Dancers" at the Haymarket Theatre, Dona Petra Camara Gift; Lillian Moore.
2. Los dansadores Gift; Cia Fornaroli.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Spanish dancing.

Added author

1. Alophe, 1812-1883. Lithographer
2. Bouquet, Auguste, 1810-1846. Lithographer
3. Donon, J. (Julio), active 1850-1864. Lithographer
4. Gilks, Thomas. Lithographer
5. Valentin, Henry, 1820-1855. Engraver
6. Moore, Lillian. Donor

Research call number

1. *MGZFY Spa 1-15