ARTIST: James McNeill Whistler (U.S.A., 1834-1903)
TITLE OF WORK: The dancer
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and black ink on yellow contrec paper
DATE: 1900
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 15 x 10.8 cm
COMMENTS: The figure is probably Eva Carrington, "blue dancer with long legs" in Whistler's atelier. Other have seen in this figure Connie Gilchrist or Loïe Fuller.
ARTIST: Adrien Marie (France, 1848-1891) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: "Midsummer night's dream", by Shakespeare, presented at the Odeon Theater, Paris ("Le songe d'une nuit d'été", féerie de Shakespeare, représentée au Théâtre de l'Odéon)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1886
DIMENSIONS: 21 x 27.5 cm
COMMENTS: "Le songe d'une nuit d'été" (Midsummer night's dream), by Shakespeare. In the woods of Athens: 1. Miss Weber as Titania, Mr. Saint-Germain as Bottom. 2. Miss Lainé as Helen and Mr. Monvel as Demetrius
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, France, Paris, U.K., Greece
TITLE OF WORK: Georges Elie as Inigo in the ballet "Paquita"
TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
DATE: 1846
COMMENTS: "Paquita", ballet-pantomime in two acts by Paul Foucher and Mazillier, music by Mr. Delvedez, presented for the first time on 01/04/1846 at the Theater of the Royal Academy of Music (Opéra), Paris
