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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.3825
Title
Object:
Mdme. Rose Didelot
Description
Portrait, full-length, in the role of Calypso from the ballet Telemachus, standing towards front, pointing towards a statue of Venus; wearing sandals, a light dress and cloak, tiara, armlet and jewelled waistband; on the right and left, vases and a tree; in the background on the left, a waterfall; after Charles Hénard. Mezzotint over etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Samuel William Reynolds I
Print made by:
Peter Condé
After:
Charles Hénard
School/style
British
French
Production date
1791-1800
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
etching
Dimensions
Height:
523 millimetres
(trimmed?)
Width:
410 millimetres
(trimmed?)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1903 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel William Reynolds
(70)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
leisure/entertainment
Associated names
Portrait of:
Mme Rose Didelot
Associated with:
Jean Dauberval
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
(Lugt 445)
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.3825