19th Century Dance and Theatre

A collection of 19th-century illustrations showcasing ballroom dancing, theatrical scenes, and costume designs, featuring lively characters in ornate attire.

Bal de l'Opéra, 1870 - 1879, Paris, France. Lithograph, partly colored, 26.5 x 20 cm

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Images of ballroom dancing Breaking up Promenade Highest life in London. Tom & Jerry sporting a toe among the Corinthians at Almacks in the west Tom & Jerry sporting a toe among the Corinthians at Almacks in the west Quadrilles,practising for fear of accidents!. Prints, Caricatures. 1817 - 1835. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Ballroom dancing , England , 19th century, Ballroom dancing , Caricatures and cartoons, Child dancers

$Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 2: Contending for a Seat. Artist: Theodore Lane (British, Isleworth ca. 1800-1828 London). Dimensions: image: 8 15/16 x 7 5/16 in. (22.7 x 18.6 cm)sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 3/4 in. (26.8 x 22.2 cm). Publisher: Published by Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Date: ca. 1835.Lower-middle-class theatergoers struggle here to secure unreserved seats in the pit at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, while being observed by refined audience members in private boxes above. Two men engaged in fisticuffs cause consternation to those nearby. The titles of dramas lettered on playbills comment on the fracas. Point of Honour and Peeping Tom, on a sheet in the left foreground, suggest the cause of the fight and draw attention to a man in striped trousers looking up a woman's dress. A second handbill, at the right, lettered The Devil to Pay and Love, Law and Physic, hints at the trials of sitting in the pit and suggests the low taste of the audience since the latter$