Image: Madame Deshayes and James Harvey d'Egville
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Description: André-Jean-Jacques Deshayes as Achilles and James Harvey d'Egville as Mentor in a scene from the ballet-pantomime Achille et Diedamie from a painting by Antoine Cardon. Deshayes is wearing a Greek tunic, not female costume as stated on the source website as well as elsewhere. This is one of the earliest depictions in art of a ballet lift.
Title: Madame Deshayes and James Harvey d'Egville
Credit: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Antoine-Cardon/Madame-Deshayes-And-James-Harvey-D'egville-(c.1770-1836)-In-The-Ballet-Pantomime-'Achille et diedamie',-Pub.-1804.html
Author: After Antoine Cardon
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