Title

Tarantella in prints [graphic].

Publication

[18--?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adcock, G. (George), 1803-1850 or 1851.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd
• Sain, Edouard Alexandre, 1830-1910.
• Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857.

Description

• 1 print : engraving, b&w; 14 x 16 cm., on mount 23 x 29 cm.
• 1 print : lithograph, b&w ;
• 2 prints : lithograph, hand-colored ;
• 3 prints : aquatint, b&w or one color ;

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Lithographs
• Engravings
• Tarantella
• Aquatints

Genre/Form

• Aquatints.
• Engravings.
• Lithographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Funding (note)

• The tarantella (Adcock after Uwins) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source (note)

• Cia Fornaroli.

Biography (note)

• The tarantella is an Italian folk dance and musical form said to be named after the region of Taranto and/or after the insect called the tarantula or wolf spider, the effects of whose venomous bite were supposedly counteracted by frenzied dancing.

Contents

La tarantella [female dancer] -- Tarantella napoletana [title handwritten in pencil] / Fernimi [?] dipinse; Gal. Canadelli -- Tarantella [title handwritten in ink] -- Napoli. Ballo della tarantella / Lit. Gatti e Dura -- The tarantella; London, J. Hogarth, 1845? / [painted by] T[homas] Unwins, R.A.; [engraved by] G. Adcock -- Tarentella [sic], Salon de 1890 / [signed] Edouard Sain; E. Sain -- [Copy of Sain's painting, without captions].

Call Number

*MGZFX Tar 1-7

Title

Tarantella in prints [graphic].

Imprint

[18--?]

Summary

Depictions of the tarantella in prints culled from various sources, chiefly dating from the nineteenth century. Most of the prints show dancing couples, often playing castanets or the tambourine, and often in an outdoor setting.

Funding

The tarantella (Adcock after Uwins) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography

The tarantella is an Italian folk dance and musical form said to be named after the region of Taranto and/or after the insect called the tarantula or wolf spider, the effects of whose venomous bite were supposedly counteracted by frenzied dancing.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

La tarantella, Tarantella napoletana Gift; Cia Fornaroli.

Added Author

Adcock, G. (George), 1803-1850 or 1851. Engraver

Sain, Edouard Alexandre, 1830-1910. Artist

Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857. Artist

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Added Title

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Tar 1-7