Research Catalog

Title

Tarantella in prints [graphic].

Publication

[18--?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Adcock, G. (George), 1803-1850 or 1851.
• Sain, Edouard Alexandre, 1830-1910.
• Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

• 2 prints : lithograph, hand-colored; 24 x 31 cm. or smaller.
• 1 print : lithograph, b&w ;
• 3 prints : aquatint, b&w or one color ;
• 1 print : engraving, b&w ;

Summary

Depictions of the tarantella in prints culled from various sources, chiefly dating from the nineteenth century. Most of the prints show dancing couples, often playing castanets or the tambourine, and often in an outdoor setting.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subject

Tarantella

Genre/Form

• Lithographs.
• Aquatints.
• Engravings.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Funding (note)

• The tarantella (Adcock after Uwins) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source (note)

• Cia Fornaroli.

Biography (note)

• The tarantella is an Italian folk dance and musical form said to be named after the region of Taranto and/or after the insect called the tarantula or wolf spider, the effects of whose venomous bite were supposedly counteracted by frenzied dancing.

Contents

La tarantella [female dancer] -- Tarantella napoletana [title handwritten in pencil] / Fernimi [?] dipinse; Gal. Canadelli -- Tarantella [title handwritten in ink] -- Napoli. Ballo della tarantella / Lit. Gatti e Dura -- The tarantella; London, J. Hogarth, 1845? / [painted by] T[homas] Unwins, R.A.; [engraved by] G. Adcock -- Tarentella [sic], Salon de 1890 / [signed] Edouard Sain; E. Sain -- [Copy of Sain's painting, without captions].

Call Number

*MGZFX Tar 1-7

OCLC

825550324

Title

Tarantella in prints [graphic].

Imprint

[18--?]

Funding

The tarantella (Adcock after Uwins) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography

The tarantella is an Italian folk dance and musical form said to be named after the region of Taranto and/or after the insect called the tarantula or wolf spider, the effects of whose venomous bite were supposedly counteracted by frenzied dancing.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

La tarantella, Tarantella napoletana Gift; Cia Fornaroli.

Added Author

Adcock, G. (George), 1803-1850 or 1851. Engraver

Sain, Edouard Alexandre, 1830-1910. Artist

Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857. Artist

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Tar 1-7