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Inscribed: \"Madame Taglioni's dancing class, at 6 Connaught Square\" and above each figure the conversation.  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These she passed to Cyril Beaumont, probably for the London Archives of the Dance (a number of the objects were referred to in \"The London Archives of the Dance and some of its Treasures\" by Cyril Beaumont, Ballet Annual, first issue, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1947, p110); the Archives never achieved an independent home and part of the collection, including the Taglioni memorabilia, was stored with Cyril Beaumont, where it became inextricably mixed with his own collection and came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest.\n\nHistorical significance: A rare image of the great Romantic ballerina, Marie Taglioni, in her later years.   While Margaret Rolfe's work is amateur, it is a unique record of Taglioni's activities after she retired from the stage (usually summed up in the words 'she lost her fortune and was reduced to teaching social dancing in London') and provide insight into her character, teaching methods and dance classes in the second half of the 19th century.  \r\nThe conversations recorded on the drawing, show that girls' behaviour and preoccupations have changed very little in the intervening century.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"\"Madame Taglioni's dancing class, at 6 Connaught Square\".  Drawing by Margaret Rolfe.  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