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Opera Theatre - Accident that happened to Miss Emma Livry during a rehearsal of "The mute of Portici"

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TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
DATE: 1862
DIMENSIONS: 15.7 x 22.5 cm
COMMENTS: The accident occured in the Paris Opera, on 15/11/1862. Emma Livry died after eight months' suffering, on 26/07/1863, aged twenty. The engraving appeared in Le Monde Illustré, Paris, 29/11/1862.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
DANCE FORM: classical ballet
KEYWORDS: fire, accident

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