unknown artist, ('H'), The Taglioni Coach and Other Scenes, ca. 1840
- Title:
- The Taglioni Coach and Other Scenes
- Former Title(s):
- A Cigar Box Painted with scenes from 'Taglioni' Prints [1978, Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings, catalogue]
- Date:
- ca. 1840
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on fruitwood
- Dimensions:
- Overall: 5 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 31.4 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black paint, front, bottom: "Taglioni [?] H"
Signed in black paint, front, bottom: "H"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.132
- Classification:
- Painted Objects
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- carriages | coach (carriage) | coaches (carriages) | costume | dancer | dogs (animals) | genre subject | horses (animals) | hunting | sporting art
- Associated People:
- Taglioni, Marie (1804â1884), dancer
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41366
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The lid and front of this decorated cigar box show the Taglioni Coach, which was a private vehicle owned jointly by the Earl of Chesterfield and Count Batthyany, both members of the Richmond Driving Club. The coach took its name from Marie Taglioni, the most celebrated ballet dancer of the time; its door panel was painted with a portrait of her in La Sylphide. The decorations were copied from popular prints after James Pollard and Charles Cooper Henderson respectively. The sides and back of the box, also based on prints, show Taglioni, another dancer named Pauline Duvernay, and a hunting scene. Malcolm Warner Warner, Malcolm and John Baskett. The Paul Mellon Bequest: Treasures of a Lifetime. New Haven : Yale Center for British Art, 2001, p. 113.
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 282, no. 307, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 9, no. 28, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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