print
- Museum number
- 1938,0311.5.155
- Title
- Object: Habit d'Hermione qui a servi dans l'Opera de Cadmus
- Description
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A ballet dancer in costume with outstretched arms, a galley with oars in the background
Etching with engraving
- Production date
- 1681-1690
- Dimensions
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Height: 292 millimetres
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Width: 193 millimetres (platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For the album to which this plate belongs see 1938,0311.5.
The opera/ballet was produced c.1679, with music by Lully and a text by Quinault.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1938
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred to P&D from the library department in 1938. Former BL pressmark 562*.f.11. Originally in the possession of Hans Sloane, with his pressmark Pr.CCV, replacing an earlier pressmark Pr.DCXXI.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1938,0311.5.155
