COMMENTS: From his album "Sketches from nature in America". He was stationed in Quebec and travelled across the United States for a year. Wilbraham writes about the religious rites of a Shaker settlement in New
TITLE OF WORK: New Year's Day in Dutch Guyana (Der Neujahrstag in holländisch Guyana)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1859
DIMENSIONS: 17.2 x 32.2 cm
COMMENTS: The scene takes place in Suriname. They dance the "bagna"; this dance lasts generally for eight days, starting at 8 hours in the morning till noon and from 4 o'clock in the afternoon till midnight. Th
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Dutch Guyana, Suriname, Holland, Guianas
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le sacre du printemps": L'Elue (The chosen)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1913
COMMENTS: "Le sacre du printemps" (Rites of spring), a ballet on bysic by Igor Stravinsky; choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky; Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 1913
TITLE OF WORK: In the land of the Pieschis. When the dancer finally makes her partner fall, another dancer takes the place of the defeated one
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1899
DIMENSIONS: 25.7 x 18.7 cm
COMMENTS: In the land of the Pieschis. When a lady dancer succeeds in making her partner fall, another dancer takes his place. Illustration from the article "In the land of the Pieschis. The De Brettes Mission,
TITLE OF WORK: "The foursome devil", a ballet by Ad. Adam. Polka arranged for the piano by Henri Rosellen ("Le diable à quatre", ballet d'Ad. Adam. Polka arrangée pour le piano par Henri Rosellen)