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| Keywords: Thomas Rowlandson - Modern Grace...The Ballet of Alonzo e Cara - Google Art Project.jpg Google Art Project watercolor London 1756 London 1827 Thomas male 2332358 Rowlandson British 1756 - 1827 /collection/yale-center-for-british-art/artwork/modern-gracethe-ballet-of-alonzo-e-cara-thomas-rowlandson/2433636/ Thomas Rowlandson Artist /artist/thomas-rowlandson/4131603/ 4131603 /collection/yale-center-for-british-art/ Yale Center for British Art 2305845 http //britishart yale edu/ 2/23/2012 10 31 29 PM /collection/yale-center-for-british-art/artwork/modern-gracethe-ballet-of-alonzo-e-cara-thomas-rowlandson/2433636/ 1796 1796 dancers men women ballet genre subject Costumes Watercolor with pen and brown ink with pen and brown ink on medium smooth cream wove paper mounted on olive green wove paper with border lines 251 2433636 False 1796 3/24/2012 9 03 49 PM YCBA/lido-TMS-5599 http //collections britishart yale edu/vufind/Record/1669903 Yale Center for British Art Paul Mellon Collection painting 1790 1800 Italy Creation w289 x h251 cm 1796 False 1 34031413612565 Item modern-gracethe-ballet-of-alonzo-e-cara-thomas-rowlandson Modern Grace The Ballet of Alonzo e Cara m 289 Inscribed in pen in brown ink lower center Modern Grace - or the Operatical Finale of the Ballet of Alonzo e cara - ; in graphite on mount lower right 19x12 1/2 mount open with gold strip blue crossed out grey over mount Inscribed by hand by L G Duke in black-gray ink on beige medium smooth paper that has been mounted on the matted frame of object center On the fifteen of May following ie 1796 Gillray caricatured this new style of Dancing ie the small enormity of apparel which was allowed to the Dansseurs and the freedom with which they exposed their forms to public view in a caricature entitled 'Modern Grace; or the operatical finale to the ballet of 'Alanzo e Caro ' Thomas Wright 'Caricature History of the Georges' 1867 p555 The ballet was 'Alonzo e Cora' and Gilray substitutes 'Caro' flesh for Cora Rowlandson follows the Gillray print closely but writes 'Cara' for 'Caro' An advt in the Morning Chronicle of April 2 1796 announces the production of Alonzo e Cora The three chief Dancers l to r are Mme Rose Didelot Mlle Parisot The advt also names Mlle Hilligsberg The Danseures danseures is underlined were famous Mme Rose became Mme Rose Didelot Didelot himself became famous as Premier Danseur premier danseur is underlined ballet master producer The Ballet Dealt with the customs pastimes of the of Paris In blue ink lower right of inscribed sheet The ballet by Onorati had its first performance on April 6 1796 in dark gray ink lower right LGD Inscription _Signed_and_Dated Not signed not dated Not on View Watercolor with pen and brown ink with pen and brown ink on medium smooth cream wove paper mounted on olive green wove paper with border lines dancers men women ballet genre subject Costumes special url_id iAHtwSw8dzUaXw PD-old-100-1923 1827 Drawings and watercolours by Thomas Rowlandson Google Art Project works by Thomas Rowlandson Ballet in art | ||||
