Accession number
PML 146857.75
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Published by J. Bretherton, 26th April 1785.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption continues: Grace was in all her steps.
Mme Rossi was the leading dancer at the opera in the spring of 1785.
Item no. 75 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Mme Rossi was the leading dancer at the opera in the spring of 1785.
Item no. 75 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching, image: 200 x 260 mm; plate mark: 274 x 202 mm; sheet: 296 x 228 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A caricature of Carlo Antonio Delpini, stage manager and actor, dressed as a woman, both arms above head, running to the left imitating a dancer.
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