Puppet Dancers with Movable Joints

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Zoom in — The enthusiasm grew boundless.

(P. 56.)

Artist

Name:: Grandville, J.-J.
Dates:: 1803-1847
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Humor
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Un autre monde
Author:: Delord, Taxile
Publisher:: Paris: Henri Fournier, 1844
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Description:

Two puppet dancers with flat bodies and loose rivets for arm and leg joints perform a figure involving variants of the arabesque position.

The caption reads in the original French: L’enthousiasme ne connut plus de bornes.

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