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Fanny Elssler

Object Details

Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Napoleon Sarony, 9 Mar 1821 - 9 Nov 1896
Lithographer
Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888
Publisher
Nathaniel Currier, 27 Mar 1813 - 20 Nov 1888
Sitter
Fanny Elssler, 23 Jun 1810 - 27 Nov 1884
Date
c. 1840
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Monroe H. Fabian
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.7 × 23.1 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/8")
Sheet: 36.6 × 28.9 cm (14 7/16 × 11 3/8")
Type
Print

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