Taglioni, Marie. (1804-1884). Original 1837 Sylphide Lithograph . Paris: 1837. A very fine lithrograph by Bernard & Frey of the famous statuette by Jean-Auguste Barre (1811-1896). Scattered light foxing, overall very fine. 20 X 26.5 cm.
Theophile Gautier's florid prose conveys something of the rapturous contemporary responses inspired by Taglioni's grace and beauty: '"Mlle Taglioni made you think of cool and shaded valleys, when a white vision suddenly materialised from the bark of an oak tree before the gaze of a surprised and blushing shepherd. She might have been taken for one of those Scottish fairies of whom Walter Scott writes, and who roam in the moonlight by a mysterious fountain, with a necklace of dewdrops and a thread of gold about her waist'."
The present image shows Taglioni wearing her costume from La Sylphide, her most famous role, hovering above a bed of flowers similar to the one in Gautier's description of the flowers which showered down at her curtain call.
Theophile Gautier's florid prose conveys something of the rapturous contemporary responses inspired by Taglioni's grace and beauty: '"Mlle Taglioni made you think of cool and shaded valleys, when a white vision suddenly materialised from the bark of an oak tree before the gaze of a surprised and blushing shepherd. She might have been taken for one of those Scottish fairies of whom Walter Scott writes, and who roam in the moonlight by a mysterious fountain, with a necklace of dewdrops and a thread of gold about her waist'."
The present image shows Taglioni wearing her costume from La Sylphide, her most famous role, hovering above a bed of flowers similar to the one in Gautier's description of the flowers which showered down at her curtain call.
Taglioni, Marie. (1804-1884). Original 1837 Sylphide Lithograph . Paris: 1837. A very fine lithrograph by Bernard & Frey of the famous statuette by Jean-Auguste Barre (1811-1896). Scattered light foxing, overall very fine. 20 X 26.5 cm.
Theophile Gautier's florid prose conveys something of the rapturous contemporary responses inspired by Taglioni's grace and beauty: '"Mlle Taglioni made you think of cool and shaded valleys, when a white vision suddenly materialised from the bark of an oak tree before the gaze of a surprised and blushing shepherd. She might have been taken for one of those Scottish fairies of whom Walter Scott writes, and who roam in the moonlight by a mysterious fountain, with a necklace of dewdrops and a thread of gold about her waist'."
The present image shows Taglioni wearing her costume from La Sylphide, her most famous role, hovering above a bed of flowers similar to the one in Gautier's description of the flowers which showered down at her curtain call.
Theophile Gautier's florid prose conveys something of the rapturous contemporary responses inspired by Taglioni's grace and beauty: '"Mlle Taglioni made you think of cool and shaded valleys, when a white vision suddenly materialised from the bark of an oak tree before the gaze of a surprised and blushing shepherd. She might have been taken for one of those Scottish fairies of whom Walter Scott writes, and who roam in the moonlight by a mysterious fountain, with a necklace of dewdrops and a thread of gold about her waist'."
The present image shows Taglioni wearing her costume from La Sylphide, her most famous role, hovering above a bed of flowers similar to the one in Gautier's description of the flowers which showered down at her curtain call.