Most of the portraits in this set from The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography that show ballet dancers of the Paris Opéra in the early 1860s. They were taken by French photographer, and inventor of the carte-de-visite André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889).
Aléxandrine Simon, a dancer with the Paris OpéraAmalia Ferraris (1830 – 1904)Amalia Ferraris (1830 – 1904)Amalia Ferraris (1830 – 1904)Amalia Ferraris and Louis MéranteAmelia Marguerite Badel, aka Rigolboche (1842 – 1920)Augustine MalotBlanche MontaubryCarlotta MorandoCarlotta MorandoCaroline and Louis MéranteCélestine Emarot (1824 – 1892)Clothilde LaurentElisa TroisvalletsElisa TroisvalletsEmma Livry (1842 – 1863)Emma Livry (1842 – 1863)Emma Livry (1842 – 1863)Ernestine UrbanEugène Coralli (1834 – 1870)Eugénie Fiocre (1845 – 1908)Eugénie Fiocre (1845 – 1908)Eugénie Fiocre (1845 – 1908)Eugénie Fiocre (1845 – 1908)Eugénie SchlosserIrène Jousse, a dancer with the Paris OpéraJosephine Durwend, aka Finette, a can-can dancerJosephine Durwend, aka Finette, a can-can dancerJulie StoïkoffLéontine Beaugrand (1842 – 1925)Louis Mérante (1828 – 1887)Louise Fiocre (1841-1871)Louise Fiocre (1841-1871)Louise Fiocre (1841-1871)Louise Fiocre (1841-1871)Maria Cretin, a dancer with the Paris OpéraMarie Delaporte (1838 – 1910)Marie Taglioni (1804 – 1884)Marie VernonMarie VernonMariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (1836 – 1882)Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (1836 – 1882)Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (1836 – 1882)Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa (1836 – 1882)Martha MouravievaMercier, a dancer with the Paris OpéraThe dancers Eugénie Schlosser and Eugène CoralliThe French balletmaster and choreographer Louis Mérante and the Russian dancer Martha MouravievaThe Walter sisters, dancers with the Paris-OpéraZina Mérante (1832 – 1890)Zina Mérante (1832 – 1890)
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