Zéphir, caricature of the male ballerina Auguste Vestris

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Zéphir, caricature of the male ballerina Auguste Vestris

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Caricature based on a French print called 'Le doyen des Zéphirs, ou Le roi des voltigeurs', thought to be a satiric portrait of the aging French male ballerina, Auguste Vestris.
Anonymous, 19th century

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1816

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