Marie Cabel. Line engraving by Ch. Geoffroy, ca. 1847.

  • Geoffroy, Charles Michel, 1819-1882.
Date:
1840-1849
Reference:
5363i
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Description

Marie Cabel (1827-1885) was a Belgian coloratura soprano. She created the role of Philine in the opera Mignon by Ambroise Thomas and the title role in Auber's Manon Lescaut. She later lost her sanity and lived in an asylum

Publication/Creation

1840-1849

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 18.5 x 12.2 cm

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Lettering

Marie Cabel. Ch. Geoffroy pinx. et sc.

References note

Jean Adhémar and Jacques Lethève, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome IX, Paris 1955, pp. 20-26 (inventory of works by Ch. Geoffroy, not including this portrait)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 5363i

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