Stock Photo - Ballet dancers in French nineteenth-century caricatures. Beaumont, Edouard de, 1821-1888 (Artist) Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 (Artist) Forest, Eugène-Hippolyte, 1808- (Artist) Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 (Artist) Vernier, Charles, 1831-1887 (Artist). Prints depicting dance Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs. Date Issued: 1830 - 1859 (Approximate). Charges de carnaval; [published in an unidentified periodical] / [signed] E[ugène] Forest - L'Opéra au XIXème siècle, no. 53; [caption begins] ""Comment, tu vas encore voltiger ce soir dans les airs ."" / [signed in reverse] E[douard] de Beaumont - L'Opéra au XIXème siècle; [published in an unidentified periodical; caption begins] ""Oh! mon petit que v'la une jolie épingle ."" / [signed in reverse] E[douard] de Beaumont - Oeuvres nouvelles de Gavarni. Baliverneries parisiennes, [no. 16?; caption begins] ""Ah! Mademoiselle, vous nous avez exécuté une pirouette . "" / [Paul Gavarni] - Au bal de l'Opéra, 5. Un Zéphir qui arrive en Ouragan; [published in an unidentified periodical] / [signed] Ch[arles] Vernier - Les différents publics de Paris, par Gustave Doré. Le public de l'Opéra; [published in an unidentified periodical] / [signed] G. Doré - Grecs modernes / G. de Galard [artist may be Gustave de Galard or Georges de Galard] - [Nine vignettes of animals dressed as humans; in the middle row at right, two ape ballet dancers, one costumed as Zéphire]. Flore et Zéphire (Choreographic work : Didelot) Ballet dancers - France - 19th century. Prints Caricatures Caricatures and cartoons. Lithographs Extent: 7 prints : lithograph, b&w ; 40 x 33 cm. or smaller. Extent: 1 print : lithograph, color ; 34 x 25 cm. Depictions of ballet dancers in a selection of French caricatures of the nineteenth century. Among the artists represented are Edouard de Beaumont, Gustave Doré, Eugène Forest, Paul Gavarni, and Charles Vernier. Both male and female dancers are targeted for ridicule. By a curious coincidence, three caricatures in