Scraps, in the early 19th century and well into the Twentieth Century, were enthusiastically collected by people from all walks of life. These die-cut and often hand-colored and embossed prints were kept in albums or used to adorn a variety of decorative arts.
Scraps depicted a huge range of subjects from popular figures to flowers. This scrap was one of a set of pantomime characters, with Harlequin and Clown. It depicts a young female dancer who is almost certainly meant to represent Columbine. She is shown balancing on her left leg, her left hand held up to her face. She wears a multicolored tutu, a low-necked white ruff and a wreath of flowers in her chestnut hair. It dates to about 1890 and was printed by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co.
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