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THBAmerican & European Ballerinas, CDV, Stereoview, and Cabinet Card Collection
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
With offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Denver, Cowan’s holds over 40 auctions each year, with annual sales exceeding $16M. We reach buyers around the globe, and take pride in our reputation for integrity, customer service and great results. A full-service house, Cowan’s Auctions specializes in Am...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJun 22, 2018
Cowan’s American History: Premier Auction, scheduled for June 22, 2018 is comprised of early photographs, documents, manuscripts, broadsides, flags, and more dating from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Late Indian Wars, World War I and II and beyond. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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- Lot Description
Lot of 15, including seven CDVs credited to J. Gurney & Son (3), Bergamas Co., C. Fredricks & Co., Wilkes, and one uncredited view; seven stereoviews of which three are uncredited (though one features a group of dancers in front of a sign reading, "Dans Tous Les Cafes [indecipherable] du Surinam..."), plus views credited to Gurney & Son (2), Vaury & Cie., and Anthony & Co.; and one cabinet photograph credited to Atelier Adèle. Lot also includes a newspaper clipping featuring "Legendary showman P. T. Barnum and ballerina Ernestine de Faiber posed...at Mathew Brady's studio on Lower Broadway in Manhattan."
Many of the CDVs have handwritten inscriptions identifying the ballerinas, including, "Marie Bonfanti," "Marie Petipa," "Celeste," and others. Madame Céline Céleste-Elliott (d. 1882) was a French-born dancer and actress who dazzled audiences with her performances in Paris, London, and the United States, even once performing as a young student with Francois-Joseph Talma. Some of her memorable roles included that of Fenella in Masaniello and Hamet in The French Spy. One of the CDVs in this lot features Céleste as a young girl, and another features her as an adult, posing as her "French Spy" character, Hamet.
Photographs in generally good condition, with some soiling, spotting, and wear at edges.Condition
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