Signora Giovanna Baccelli in the ballet "Les Amans Surpris."

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Signora Giovanna Baccelli in the ballet "Les Amans Surpris." Italian ballerina Giovanna Baccelli debuted in London in 1774, and danced there until 1788. She was mistress of Frederick Sackville, Duke of Dorset. Copperplate engraving from "Bell's British Theatre" published by John Bell, London, from 1776 to 1786. Drawn by James Roberts.

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