Satirical Drawing of Adelina Patti in Le Voltaire
Item
- Title
- Satirical Drawing of Adelina Patti in Le Voltaire
- Rights
- Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. Public Domain.
- Creator
- André Gill (1840-1885)
- Date
- c. 1880
- Description
- This satirical drawing created by lithographer André Gill in "Le Voltaire, " La Diva Adelina Patti, compares prima donna Adelina Patti to a cat. Pictured on stage mid-song, coins appear to be spewing out of her mouth and into the hat of a conductor, while in the background, another cat can be seen in a position evoking fear, possibly signalling a critique of Patti's vocals.
- Format
- Color lithograph. 47.2 x 32.2 cm.
- Language
- French
- Publisher
- Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.
- Contributor
- Lindsey Cillis
- Identifier
- Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.
- Subject
- Opera; prima donna; Adelina Patti; André Gill; opera performance; opera singers.
- Source
- JPEG file. Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. Unknown photographer, 10/26/2023. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/le-voltairesupplement-illustrenumero-8dimanche-22-fevrier-1880la-diva#infos-secondaires-detail.
- Item sets
- Le Prime Donne-Lindsey C.
