Fanny Elssler

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Fanny Elssler in La Chatte métamorphosée en femme, lithograph by M. Alophe, c. 1837

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Fanny Elssler in La Chatte métamorphosée en femme, lithograph by M. Alophe, c. 1837

Fanny Elssler in La Chatte métamorphosée en femme, lithograph by M. Alophe,...

Courtesy of the Dance Collection, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation

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