A Dancing Girl
Title
A Dancing Girl
Date Created
ca. 1851
Creator
William Calder Marshall (1813–1894)
Medium
Marble
Format
"Small life size"
Description
Crystal Palace catalogue description, no. 30, A Dancing Girl:
"The figure is represented in repose, and is particularly graceful and easy; she holds a tambourine in the left hand, and in the right hand, which rests on the stem of a tree, she holds a garland. This statue should be compared with Canova's conception of the same subject, No. 137. With equal elegance, the one before us has far more of nature, simplicity, and quietude. She is resting, while Canova's dancer is only pausing. This statue was executed in marble, for the London Art Union, and exhibited in 1848. It has been reproduced, of a small size, in Parian, and forms an exquisite ornamental statuette. Classical style."
"The figure is represented in repose, and is particularly graceful and easy; she holds a tambourine in the left hand, and in the right hand, which rests on the stem of a tree, she holds a garland. This statue should be compared with Canova's conception of the same subject, No. 137. With equal elegance, the one before us has far more of nature, simplicity, and quietude. She is resting, while Canova's dancer is only pausing. This statue was executed in marble, for the London Art Union, and exhibited in 1848. It has been reproduced, of a small size, in Parian, and forms an exquisite ornamental statuette. Classical style."
Is Referenced By
F. G. Stephens, "W. C. Marshall," in Artists at Home: "'The Dancing Girl reposing' obtained an Art Union premium of £500, and large numbers of reductions of the statue were distributed among subscribers to that society."
Rights
Public domain
Contributor
Omeka record contributed by LM
Date Submitted
January 27, 2017
Source
"Statues inside the Crystal Palace," Sydenham Town Forum, https://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4743&start=20
Files
Collection
Reference
A Dancing Girl, William Calder Marshall (1813–1894)
Cite As
William Calder Marshall (1813–1894), “A Dancing Girl,” Victorian Artists at Home, accessed October 22, 2026, https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/items/show/471.
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