Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements.
Category: 19th Century
Islandaise. Woman from Iceland around 1800.
Islandaise. Costumes historiques, de la ville ou de théâtre et travestissements par Achille Devéria.
La Sylphide. The ballerina Marie Taglioni dancing the Flore.
Marie Taglioni was the first star of the romantic ballet. It is considered the first master of the tip dance.
Fanny Elssler dances the Cachucha, 1836
Fanny Elssler dances the Cachucha. Le Diable boiteux 1836. In the ballet, “the limping devil” by Casimir Gide.
Woman of the Islamic faith of the Druze 1830.
Woman of the Islamic faith of the Druze in 1830. Costumes historiques de ville ou de théatre et travestissements. Author: Achille Devéria and José Domínguez Bécquer.
Élisa Rachel Félix in the role of Roxane “Bajazet” by J. B. Racine.
Élisa Rachel Félix (1821-1858) was a French-Jewish actress and was one of the greatest tragediennes in their time.
Cornélie Falcon. Costume of Rachel in the opera “Jewess”.
Cornélie Falcon (1814–1897). In the picture it shows the Rachel in the opera La Juive, by Jacques Fromental Halévy.
Bouquetière Berne. Costume suisse. Flower seller.
Fleuriste. Canton of Bern. Switzerland costume. Costumes historiques par Achille Devéria
Espagnol Bolero. Spanish Bolero dancer and a guitar player.
The bolero is a Spanish dance which was invented in 1780 by Sebastian Zerezo, a dancer at the Spanish court in Cadiz.
Costume Espagnol, Bolero. Spanish bolero dancers.
The bolero is a Spanish dance, which evolved from Contradanza and Sevillana.