Original Title
Alternative Title: Modern Grace - or the Operatical Finale of the Ballet of 'Alonzo e Cara' -
Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen in brown ink, lower center: "Modern Grace - or the Operatical Finale of the Ballet of Alonzo e cara -" ; in graphite, on mount, lower right: "19x12 1/2 mount open with gold strip ["blue" crossed out] grey over mount"\n\nInscribed by hand by L.G. Duke, in black-gray ink, on beige, medium, smooth paper that has been mounted on the matted frame of object, center: "On the fifteen of May following [ie. 1796] Gillray caricatured this new style of Dancing [ie. the small | [enormity?] of apparel which was allowed to the [Dansseurs?], and the freedom with which they exposed their forms | to public view"] in a caricature entitled \'Modern Grace; or the operatical finale to the ballet of \'Alanzo | e Caro.\' Thomas Wright, \'Caricature History of the Georges\' (1867), p555. | The ballet was \'Alonzo e Cora\', and Gilray substitutes \'Caro\' [flesh] for Cora. Rowlandson | follows the Gillray print closely, but writes \'Cara\' for \'Caro\' | An advt. in the Morning Chronicle of April 2, 1796, a
Descriptive Medium
Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
London, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
People & Society
