Research Catalog

Title

[Theatrical portraits] [graphic].

Author

Lacauchie, Alexandre.

Publication

[1848-1850]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maison Martinet (Paris, France) pbl
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Found In

Irina Baronova collection.

Description

2 prints : lithograph, color; 27 x 17 cm.

Summary

Representations of performers appearing in theatrical works presented in Paris.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Alternative Title

• Irina Baronova collection. Graphics.
• Galerie dramatique.

Subject

• Halévy, F., 1799-1862
• Entertainers > France > Paris > 19th century
• Dancers > France > 19th century

Genre/Form

Lithographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• No. 427 is signed on stone: A. Lacauchie.
• No. 521 is initialed on stone: A.L.
• No. 427 was published in Paris by Maison Martinet, Hautecoeur Frères.
• No. 521 was published in Paris by Maison Martinet.
• Printed by Imp. Decan, Paris.
• Series caption title: Galerie dramatique.

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• The works depicted are: Le val d'Andorre, an opéra-comique to music by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Henri de Saint-Georges, first presented at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique in 1848; Un mariage sous la Régence, a comedy by Léon Guillard, presented at the Théâtre Français in 1850.
• Alexandre Lacauchie was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer active in the mid-19th century. His numerous prints capture lively images of the dancers, actors, and singers of his time.
• The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur Frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: Irina Baronova collection. Graphics.

Contents

427. Mlle. Lavoye, rôle de Georgette dans le Val d'Andorre, 2e acte, Théâtre de l'Opéra Comique -- 521. Melle. Luther, rôle de l'Amour dans Un mariage sous la Régence, Théâtre Français.

Call Number

*MGZFX Lac A The 9-10

OCLC

825067634

Author

Lacauchie, Alexandre.

Title

[Theatrical portraits] [graphic].

Imprint

[1848-1850]

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography

The works depicted are: Le val d'Andorre, an opéra-comique to music by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Henri de Saint-Georges, first presented at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique in 1848; Un mariage sous la Régence, a comedy by Léon Guillard, presented at the Théâtre Français in 1850.

Alexandre Lacauchie was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer active in the mid-19th century. His numerous prints capture lively images of the dancers, actors, and singers of his time.

The printing and publishing house of Maison Martinet was founded in 1796 by Aaron Martinet, 1762-1841, who became well-known for publishing satirical prints. In 1822 the firm assumed the name Hautecoeur-Martinet, after Martinet's son-in-law Hermenégilde Hautecoeur, who became its head after Martinet's retirement in 1824. The brothers Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur, the Hautecoeur Frères, managed the business from 1843 to 1867. Jules Hautecoeur, Alfred's son and the great-grandson of the founder, later became the sole proprietor of Ancienne Maison Martinet.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Irina Baronova collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Maison Martinet (Paris, France) Publisher

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Added Title

Irina Baronova collection. Graphics.

Galerie dramatique.

Found In:

Irina Baronova collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Lac A The 9-10