Image of the French ballet dancer "Ariel the flying dancer," wearing a costume with wings, flying over a forest of trees with birds and a sunset sky in the background. Margins trimmed on local copy; probable date based on general performer history: “26 [October 1880]-Mlle Ariel, ‘The Flying Dancer,’ made her American debut in the Boston (Mass.) Theatre.” ("Theatrical Chronology," New York Clipper 1881 Almanac, page 37) "J.E. Baker"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.52 x 39.37 cm (22 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Ariel, the flying dancer--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Dancers--Pictorial works Fairies--Pictorial works Theatrical productions Sun--Rising and setting--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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