TITLE OF WORK: "The conversion of England". Sacred tableau at the Croydon Public Hall
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1889
DIMENSIONS: 15.1 x 22.2 cm
COMMENTS: "Heathen England"; a Druidical appeal to the God Woden, the dsacrifice of a boy, and the desire expressed by Queen Bertha for someone to be sent "to make these people Christians"
TITLE OF WORK: Dancer with finger on chin (Danzatrice con dito al mento)
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, marble
DATE: 1814
COMMENTS: Canova started this work in 1809 for the banker Domenico Manzoni di Forli, against a payment of 4000 scudi. He terminated it in 1814 but did not deliver it until 1818 until he was fully paid.
TITLE OF WORK: Pulcinella with a guitar in front of the curtain, or Massine saluting (Pulcinella avec une guitare devant le rideau, or Massine saluant)
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache on paper
DATE: 1920
COMMENTS: "Pulcinella", ballet with songs in one scene, by the Ballets Russes. Music by Pergolese arranged by Igor Stravisnky, story by S. Diaghilev after a manuscript dated 1700 discovered by himself in Naples
TITLE OF WORK: Lido, Champs-Elysées, Paris. Grand jeu
TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
DATE: 1973
COMMENTS: Nouveau divertissement de Pierre Louis-Guerin et Réné Fraday, mise en scène de Bob Turk, costumes de Folco. Avec Jacqueline Douguet et les 30 Bluebell Girls.
TITLE OF WORK: Female dancer playing the tympanon tambourine (Danseuse jouant du tympanon)
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, figurine
DATE: -275
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 27 cm height
COMMENTS: Made and found in Eretria. Le tympanon ou tambourin, constitué d'une peau de bête tendue sur un cadre en bois muni de grelots, servait à accompagner les danses.
TITLE OF WORK: Act-drop for "The prospect before us", ballet in seven scenes with scenario and choreography by Ninette de Valois and music by William Boyce
