Yale Center for British Art

Title:
[Scenes from French theater].
Published / Created:
[Paris?] : [François-Simon-Alphonse Giroux?], [approximately 1825?]
Physical Description:
1 écran-panorama ; screen 23 x 21 cm, height 38 cm inclusive of wooden handle
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
"[The] 'panorama handscreen' or 'mechanical screen fan' ... was a French invention that appeared in the 1820s, and was sold at shops specializing in optical toys, jewelry, paintings, and fashionable furniture. One of the most famous was Giroux near the Palais-Royal ... Some surviving examples of the panorama handscreen bear the label of Giroux. It identifies the product as écran-panorma and mentions that it has been patented ..."--Huhtamo.
Contents:
La chasse au renard -- Tous les polichinelles: Pitrot, Muzurier, Elie -- Les cuisinières -- Mazurier -- Bernard-Léon -- Barbe-bleue.
Subject Terms:
Mazurier, Charles. | Léon, Bernard, 1785–1856. | Theater -- France -- 19th century. | Dance -- France -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Écrans-panoramas. | Panoramas. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1825.
Contributors:
Giroux, François-Simon-Alphonse, -1848, publisher.