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| ⚫ | '''Madame Saqui''' ({{IPA|fr|madam saki}}; born '''Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne''' {{IPA|fr|maʁɡəʁit ɑ̃twanɛt lalan|}} (February 26, 1786 - February 21, 1866) was a noted French ] or "rope dancer |
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| | caption = Madame Saqui performing | |||
| | birth_name = Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne | |||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date|1786|02|26}} | |||
| | birth_place = Agde, Hérault | |||
| | death_date = {{Death date and age|1866|02|21|1786|02|26}} | |||
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| ⚫ | '''Madame Saqui''' ({{IPA|fr|madam saki}}; born '''Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne''' {{IPA|fr|maʁɡəʁit ɑ̃twanɛt lalan|}} (February 26, 1786 - February 21, 1866) was a noted French ] or "rope dancer" who had a long career performing in France and Britain. | ||
| ⚫ | == Early life |
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| ⚫ | Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne was born on 26 February 1786 in ], ], in southern France |
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| ⚫ | == Early life == | ||
| ⚫ | In April 1816 Madam Saqui performed at the ], "descending a tightrope stretched at an incline over the auditorium". This made her famous in Britain and her |
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| ⚫ | Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne was born on 26 February 1786 in ], ], in southern France. She performed under the name Madame Saqui.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
| ⚫ | == Career == | ||
| ⚫ | She continued to perform into her seventies.<ref> |
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| ⚫ | In April 1816 Madam Saqui performed at the ], "descending a tightrope stretched at an incline over the auditorium". This made her famous in Britain and her performance was drawn by George Cruikshank in '''A Wonderfull (sic) Thing from Paris, or, Madame Sacchi Gratifying John Bull's Curiosity''.' Following this success, she was hired to perform at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens for the next four years. She was a popular performer with her act including running down an inclined tightrope, stretched from a mast to one of the main walkways, in a storm of exploding fireworks.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |last=Sidebotham |first=J |title=Madame Saqui, or Marguerite Antoinette Lalanne (1786-1886) on the tightrope, Covent Garden Theatre. |date=1816 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1136827/madame-saqui-or-marguerite-antoinette-print-j-sidebotham/ |access-date=2025-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Grove1900 |wstitle= Vauxhall Gardens |volume= 4.4 | page= 233-234 |last= Husk |first= William Henry |author-link= William Henry Husk |year=1900 |short=1}}</ref> | ||
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| ⚫ | Saqui died on 21 February |
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| In December 1816, Madame Saqui purchased the Café d'Apollon at 52 ] in Paris, and renamed it the ]. She ran it until 1832.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
| ⚫ | She continued to perform into her seventies.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=McCormick |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZXEzA5391AC&pg=PA37 |title=Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century France |date=2004-01-14 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-203-16811-0 |language=en}}</ref> In her day, she was something of a celebrity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tales of a Traveler (unsourced)/Strolling Manager - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Tales_of_a_Traveler_(unsourced)/Strolling_Manager |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> Her son Felix Lalanne also performed as a ropewalker and toured his act to Australia in the 1850s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaff |first=Penny |date=2021-04-15 |title=Madam Saqui |url=https://www.pennygaff.com.au/madam-saqui/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=PennyGaff |language=en-AU}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | == |
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| ⚫ | ].]] | ||
| ⚫ | Saqui died on 21 February 1866. She was buried in the 40th division of ].<ref name=":2" /> | ||
| == Depictions in literature and art == | |||
| Saqui is mentioned in the novel '']'' by ] as "Madame Saqui was about to mount skyward on a slack-rope ascending to the stars" as part of the entertainment at ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanity Fair (Thackeray)/Chapter 6 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Vanity_Fair_(Thackeray)/Chapter_6 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> ] mentions her in both '']''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colonel Chabert - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Colonel_Chabert |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> and ''A Distinguished Provincial at Paris''<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Distinguished Provincial at Paris/Part 2/Section 8 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/A_Distinguished_Provincial_at_Paris/Part_2/Section_8 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> and ] references her in ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Misérables/Volume 1/Book Third/Chapter 1 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables/Volume_1/Book_Third/Chapter_1 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> | Saqui is mentioned in the novel '']'' by ] as "Madame Saqui was about to mount skyward on a slack-rope ascending to the stars" as part of the entertainment at ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanity Fair (Thackeray)/Chapter 6 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Vanity_Fair_(Thackeray)/Chapter_6 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> ] mentions her in both '']''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colonel Chabert - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Colonel_Chabert |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> and ''A Distinguished Provincial at Paris''<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Distinguished Provincial at Paris/Part 2/Section 8 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/A_Distinguished_Provincial_at_Paris/Part_2/Section_8 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> and ] references her in ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Misérables/Volume 1/Book Third/Chapter 1 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables/Volume_1/Book_Third/Chapter_1 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| Saqui was described in ] by ] as "A woman who could dance the slack rope, and run up a cord from the stage to the gallery with fire-works all round her. She was seized on by the management with avidity; she was the saving of the great national theatre for the season. Nothing was talked of but Madame Saqui's fire-works and flame-colored pantaloons."<ref name=":0" /> | Saqui was described in ] by ] as "A woman who could dance the slack rope, and run up a cord from the stage to the gallery with fire-works all round her. She was seized on by the management with avidity; she was the saving of the great national theatre for the season. Nothing was talked of but Madame Saqui's fire-works and flame-colored pantaloons."<ref name=":0" /> In 1836 in ], ] recalled "Madame Somebody ... who nobly devoted her life to the manufacture of fireworks, had so often been seen fluttering in the wind, as she called up a red, blue, or party-coloured light to illumine her temple!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sketches by Boz/Vauxhall Gardens by day - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Sketches_by_Boz/Vauxhall_Gardens_by_day |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| In 1853, when ] began his ], commissioned by French Emperor ], the satirical caricaturist ] depicted Madame Saqui in a cartoon in ] magazine. She was drawn walking a high wire between the towers built to undertake the surveyors triangulation operation.<ref>{{Citation |last=Cham |title=Cham - Albums du Charivari |date=1853 |pages=309–– |url=https://fr.wikisource.org/Cham_-_Albums_du_Charivari/Croquis_contemporains |access-date=2025-01-20 |place=Paris |publisher=Journal le Charivari}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Images depicting Madam Saqui |
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| ⚫ | Images depicting Madam Saqui performing are held by the ],<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation |last=Alais |first=J |title=Madame Saqui, or Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne (1876-1866) performing on the Tightrope at Vauxhall Gardens, 1820 |date=1820 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1263861/madame-saqui-or-marguerite-antoinette-print-j-alais/ |access-date=2025-01-12}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madame Saqui the Celebrated Performer on the Rope, at Vauxhall |url=https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-105111/madame-saqui-the-celebrated-performer-on-the-rope-at-vauxhall/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=London Museum |language=en-gb}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madame Saqui (Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne), 1786 - 1866. Tight-rope walker (' the celebrated Performer on the Rope at Vauxhall') by John Alais {{!}} National Galleries of Scotland |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/104896 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.nationalgalleries.org |language=en}}</ref> British Museum,<ref>https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG161829</ref> ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfred Clarence Alais (active 1883) - Madame Saqui, tight-rope dancer at Vauxhall |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/661164/madame-saqui-tight-rope-dancer-at-vauxhall |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.rct.uk |language=en}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope, at Vauxhall |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/815bc8e0-da39-0132-1734-58d385a7b928 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Descent of Madame Saqui, surrounded by fireworks |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/97264390-da39-0132-d425-58d385a7b928 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rope dancing |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc582cd0-f034-0132-c9f1-58d385a7b928 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope, at Vauxhall |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6af53e20-da39-0132-c965-58d385a7b928 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| In 1907, the French journalist ] wrote her biography: ''Mémoires d'un danseuse de corde: Mme Saqui (1786-1866)''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ginisty |first=Paul (1855-1932) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k882580d |title=Mémoires d'une danseuse de corde : Mme Saqui (1786-1866) / Paul Ginisty |last2=Saqui |first2=Madame (1786-1866) Auteur du texte |date=1907 |language=EN}}</ref> | In 1907, the French journalist ] wrote her biography: ''Mémoires d'un danseuse de corde: Mme Saqui (1786-1866)''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ginisty |first=Paul (1855-1932) Auteur du texte |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k882580d |title=Mémoires d'une danseuse de corde : Mme Saqui (1786-1866) / Paul Ginisty |last2=Saqui |first2=Madame (1786-1866) Auteur du texte |date=1907 |language=EN}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 21:33, 21 January 2025
French tightrope walker| Madame Saqui | |
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 Madame Saqui performing | |
| Born | Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne (1786-02-26)February 26, 1786 Agde, Hérault |
| Died | February 21, 1866(1866-02-21) (aged 79) |
Madame Saqui (French pronunciation: [madam saki]; born Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne [maʁɡəʁit ɑ̃twanɛt lalan] (February 26, 1786 - February 21, 1866) was a noted French tightrope walker or "rope dancer" who had a long career performing in France and Britain.
Early life
Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne was born on 26 February 1786 in Agde, Hérault, in southern France. She performed under the name Madame Saqui.
Career
In April 1816 Madam Saqui performed at the Covent Garden Theatre, "descending a tightrope stretched at an incline over the auditorium". This made her famous in Britain and her performance was drawn by George Cruikshank in 'A Wonderfull (sic) Thing from Paris, or, Madame Sacchi Gratifying John Bull's Curiosity.' Following this success, she was hired to perform at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens for the next four years. She was a popular performer with her act including running down an inclined tightrope, stretched from a mast to one of the main walkways, in a storm of exploding fireworks.
In December 1816, Madame Saqui purchased the Café d'Apollon at 52 boulevard du Temple in Paris, and renamed it the Spectacle des Acrobates de Madame Saqui. She ran it until 1832.
She continued to perform into her seventies. In her day, she was something of a celebrity. Her son Felix Lalanne also performed as a ropewalker and toured his act to Australia in the 1850s.
Saqui died on 21 February 1866. She was buried in the 40th division of Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Depictions in literature and art
Saqui is mentioned in the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray as "Madame Saqui was about to mount skyward on a slack-rope ascending to the stars" as part of the entertainment at Vauxhall Gardens. Balzac mentions her in both Colonel Chabert and A Distinguished Provincial at Paris and Victor Hugo references her in Les Misérables.
Saqui was described in Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving as "A woman who could dance the slack rope, and run up a cord from the stage to the gallery with fire-works all round her. She was seized on by the management with avidity; she was the saving of the great national theatre for the season. Nothing was talked of but Madame Saqui's fire-works and flame-colored pantaloons." In 1836 in Sketches by Boz, Charlies Dickens recalled "Madame Somebody ... who nobly devoted her life to the manufacture of fireworks, had so often been seen fluttering in the wind, as she called up a red, blue, or party-coloured light to illumine her temple!"
In 1853, when Georges-Eugène Haussmann began his renovation of Paris, commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III, the satirical caricaturist Cham depicted Madame Saqui in a cartoon in Le Charivari magazine. She was drawn walking a high wire between the towers built to undertake the surveyors triangulation operation.
Images depicting Madam Saqui performing are held by the V&A, London Museum, National Galleries of Scotland, British Museum, Royal Collections Trust and the New York Public Library.
In 1907, the French journalist Paul Ginisty wrote her biography: Mémoires d'un danseuse de corde: Mme Saqui (1786-1866).
Saqui is the subject of a children's book, Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer. Written by Lisa Robinson and illustrated by Rebecca Green. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2020.
References
- ^ McCormick, John (2004-01-14). Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century France. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-203-16811-0.
- ^ Sidebotham, J (1816), Madame Saqui, or Marguerite Antoinette Lalanne (1786-1886) on the tightrope, Covent Garden Theatre., retrieved 2025-01-12
- Husk, William Henry (1900). "Vauxhall Gardens" . A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 4.4. p. 233-234.
- ^ "Tales of a Traveler (unsourced)/Strolling Manager - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- Gaff, Penny (2021-04-15). "Madam Saqui". PennyGaff. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Vanity Fair (Thackeray)/Chapter 6 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Colonel Chabert - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "A Distinguished Provincial at Paris/Part 2/Section 8 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Les Misérables/Volume 1/Book Third/Chapter 1 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Sketches by Boz/Vauxhall Gardens by day - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
- Cham (1853), Cham - Albums du Charivari, Paris: Journal le Charivari, pp. 309––, retrieved 2025-01-20
- Alais, J (1820), Madame Saqui, or Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne (1876-1866) performing on the Tightrope at Vauxhall Gardens, 1820, retrieved 2025-01-12
- "Madame Saqui the Celebrated Performer on the Rope, at Vauxhall". London Museum. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Madame Saqui (Marguerite-Antoinette Lalanne), 1786 - 1866. Tight-rope walker (' the celebrated Performer on the Rope at Vauxhall') by John Alais | National Galleries of Scotland". www.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG161829
- "Alfred Clarence Alais (active 1883) - Madame Saqui, tight-rope dancer at Vauxhall". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope, at Vauxhall". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Descent of Madame Saqui, surrounded by fireworks". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Rope dancing". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- "Madame Saqui, the celebrated performer on the rope, at Vauxhall". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- Ginisty, Paul (1855-1932) Auteur du texte; Saqui, Madame (1786-1866) Auteur du texte (1907). Mémoires d'une danseuse de corde : Mme Saqui (1786-1866) / Paul Ginisty.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Madame Saqui. Kirkus Reviews.
- "Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer by Lisa Robinson". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer by Lisa Robinson. Booklist Online.
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