Stock Photo - Fanny Elssler dancing the cracovienne. C. G. (Artist). Jerome Robbins Dance Division original artwork. Date Created: 1839 (Questionable). Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884 Gypsy (Choreographic work : Mazilier). Paintings. Watercolor Extent: 29 x 22 cm. Fanny Elssler performs a movement from her dance solo La cracovienne, saluting with her right hand as she extends her right leg in the position called à la seconde. Her costume as seen in this painting closely conforms to descriptions in contemporary reviews: a black military cap with white feather and cockade, two long plaits tied with red ribbons, a white tunic trimmed with buttons and braid, blue skirt, and scarlet boots with golden spurs, which reviewer Théophile Gautier likened to ""a kind of castanets worn on the heels."".