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QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)

The Viennoises

dated 1845

Pencil, watercolour, ink | 18.3 x 23.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980011.v

A watercolour showing the Danseuses Viennoises performing the Pas des Moissoneurs from the ballet Kaya, ou l'Amour Voyageur. The troupe of young girls are shown with a line of girls at the front with other girls dancing behind them. They are all dressed in pink dresses with garlands of pink flowers in their hair.
Inscribed below: The Viennoises. VR del 1845. [?] 3 times.

Queen Victoria saw the Danseuses Viennoises at her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket.

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