{"id":2657,"date":"2026-08-06T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:12:10","slug":"biere-allemande-et-danse-francaise-le-bal-de-vide-choppe-1854","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/en\/2026\/08\/06\/biere-allemande-et-danse-francaise-le-bal-de-vide-choppe-1854\/","title":{"rendered":"German beer and French dancing: &#8220;Le bal de vide-choppe&#8221;, 1854"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Friday of August is International Beer Day. Not too related to historical dancing, you think&#8230; except in this amusing engraving: <em>Les Touristes. Le Bal de vide-choppe (Heidelberg) [Teaching a Parisian dance | Deutsches bier mit Franz\u00f6sischem tanz]<\/em>. Translated as: <em>The Tourists. The beer-drinking ball (Heidelberg) [Teaching a Parisian dance | German beer with French dancing]<\/em>. As I like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/en\/2025\/01\/14\/la-belle-assemblee-a-brutal-dance-cartoon\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2184\">analyse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/en\/2025\/05\/03\/une-lecon-de-danse-au-debut-du-19e-siecle\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2367\">engravings<\/a>, that comes just at the right time!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x854.png\" alt=\"E. Gu\u00e9rard, Les touristes. Bal de vide-choppe (Heidelberg) danse, ball in a forest, germany, middle-class and working-class dancing\" class=\"wp-image-2627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-1024x854.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-150x125.png 150w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-768x641.png 768w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">E. Gu\u00e9rard (lithographe), <em>Les touristes. Bal de vide-choppe (Heidelberg)<\/em> [Teaching a Parisian dance | Deutsches bier mit Franz\u00f6sischem tanz], Von Goupil et Cie, Berlin &#8211; Paris &#8211; Londres &#8211; New York, Oct, 1st, 1854.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The creators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s begin with identifying the creators. The lithograph is <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eug%C3%A8ne_Charles_Fran%C3%A7ois_Gu%C3%A9rard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eug\u00e8ne Charles Fran\u00e7ois Gu\u00e9rard<\/a> (1821 &#8211; 1866). He often painted crowded scenes, may it be at the bal Mabille, in the park or in the streets. Very early in his career, the artist born in Nancy worked closely with the publisher Goupil. He is, incidentally, the publisher of our artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolphe_Goupil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adolphe Goupil <\/a>(1806-1893) was an important art seller and publisher of the 19th century. Thanks to his associates, his business exapands from Paris to Dresden, Berlin, Brussels, The Hague, New York, Vienna&#8230; This explains that the series &#8220;The tourists&#8221; is multilingual. Indeed, the title is in French, with a subtitle in English and German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Les touristes&#8221; series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quick word about the title. &#8220;Les touristes&#8221; (the tourists) echoes the democratization of tourism in the mid-19th century. The laboring classes began to travel, thank to the rise of railroad, the invention of package tour, and the success of seaside and spa resorts. Here, the tourists pay a visit to the &#8220;bal de vide-choppe&#8221; (litterally, the ball where tankards are emptied). That sets the tone: people come here to dance and have a drink. The title places this venue in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heidelberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heidelberg<\/a>, a city in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg on the banks of the Neckar. It is a university town, but even back then people mainly visited it for its bucolic charm. Heidelberg has been accessible by train since 1840. As I said, trains and tourism go hand in hand\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gu\u00e9rard\u2019s \u2018Les touristes\u2019 series focuses, moreover, on the tourists\u2019 experience rather than on the points of interest in the regions they visit. This was a major innovation, as up until then, travel albums had concentrated on monuments and characteristic landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The English subtitle, <em>Teaching a Parisian Dance<\/em>, emphasises the elegant dance imported from the French capital. The German subtitle, <em>Deutsches Bier mit Franz\u00f6sischem Tanz<\/em>, draws a parallel between German traditions (beer) and French traditions (dance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dance and dancers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The depicted dance is easy to identify: this is the First Set (quadrille fran\u00e7ais). That particular position &#8211; a trio facing a man alone &#8211; brings to mind the <em>Tr\u00e9nis<\/em>, or (more likely in 1854), the <em>Pastourelle<\/em>. The two dancing men are complete opposites. Judging by his  <a href=\"https:\/\/victorianweb.org\/art\/illustration\/gilbert\/10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attire<\/a>, the man on his own is a labourer. He strikes a dynamic, rather unconventional pose: with his legs and arms spread apart and bent, he is depicted mid-leap. Opposite him stands an elegantly dressed dancer: a fitted waistcoat, a cravat, a pocket watch and even striped socks. His posture is more restrained, his front foot pointed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"A working man dancing with a bourgeois at a ball 1850s 19th century quadrille\" class=\"wp-image-2644\" style=\"width:526px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4.png 822w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4-150x133.png 150w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-4-768x679.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">E. Gu\u00e9rard (lithographe), <em>Les touristes<\/em>, <em>op.cit.<\/em> Detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is an interesting contrast between the two men. Indeed, the &#8220;guinguette&#8221; (open-air dance halls) provided an opportunity for a degree of social mixing between the working class and the petty bourgeoisie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dancing ladies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dancing ladies wear a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costumesetcoutumes.alsace\/2023\/03\/la-coiffe-alsacienne-une-longue-mutation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">typically alsacian outfit<\/a>. I search for a while a traditional outfit from Heidelberg, to show you the difference, unsuccessfully. The most famous outift from the region Bade-Wurtemberg is the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bollenhut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>bollenhut<\/em><\/a> from the Black Forest: a hat with red pompoms. And the Heidelberg costume probably bore no resemblance to either of them, as the town is situated 115 km from Strasbourg (in Alsace) and 170 km from Gutach (in the Black Forest).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ludovico-Wolfgang-Hart-Three-Girls-of-Gutach-1864-792x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bollenhut, black forest traditional attire 19th century 1860s\" class=\"wp-image-2642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ludovico-Wolfgang-Hart-Three-Girls-of-Gutach-1864-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ludovico-Wolfgang-Hart-Three-Girls-of-Gutach-1864-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ludovico-Wolfgang-Hart-Three-Girls-of-Gutach-1864-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ludovico-Wolfgang-Hart-Three-Girls-of-Gutach-1864-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ludovico-Wolfgang-Hart-Three-Girls-of-Gutach-1864.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black Forest bollenhut &#8211; Ludovico Wolfgang<em> <\/em>Hart,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bollenhut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">getintete Fotographie aus der Galerie universelle des Peuples<\/a><\/em> N\u00b0 46: Gutacher Tracht, 1864<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"797\" data-id=\"2651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/detail-alsacienne-vide-choppe-1.png\" alt=\"Gu\u00e9rard, les touristes, bal de vide-choppe attire from alsace 1850s 19th century\" class=\"wp-image-2651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/detail-alsacienne-vide-choppe-1.png 482w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/detail-alsacienne-vide-choppe-1-181x300.png 181w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/detail-alsacienne-vide-choppe-1-91x150.png 91w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">E. Gu\u00e9rard (lithographe), <em>Les touristes<\/em>, <em>op.cit.<\/em> Detail of a lady<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE-681x1024.webp\" alt=\"alsacian attire circa 1850\" class=\"wp-image-2652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE-681x1024.webp 681w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE-199x300.webp 199w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE-100x150.webp 100w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE-768x1155.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE-1021x1536.webp 1021w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jeune-paysanne-de-basse-ALSACE.webp 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Country girl from Low Alsace \u2013 \u201cLe Mus\u00e9e Cosmopolite\u201d \u2013 Ancienne Maison Aubert, Paris, 1850.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First hypothesis: Gu\u00e9rard doesn\u2019t care about the accuracy of his characters\u2019 costumes. He seems to think that one German costume is as good as any other \u2013 whether Alsatian or Baden \u2013 it doesn\u2019t matter. But that would be surprising for an artist born in Nancy, in Lorraine. He must have been well acquainted with the local costumes. Hence my second hypothesis: the Alsatian women are tourists, too. And their presence could be interpreted as an affirmation of Alsace\u2019s (and probably Lorraine\u2019s) belonging to France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also think that the dancers\u2019 outfits, which are more rural in style, contrast with those of the urban male dancers. For more information on Alsatian costume and its history, I recommend the excellent website \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.costumesetcoutumes.alsace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Costumes et coutumes d&#8217;Alsace<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Audience at the beer-drinking ball<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disparity is not only between between the middle-class and the working-class, or between the city and the country. It exists also amongst the viewers. They are nearly all male, and wearing mostly uniforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the left, a middle-class man, in spats, smoking pipe. He may also be a tourist. Facing him, I think I recognise a French infantry soldier, from the red flat-topped cap with black visor and golden ornaments. Some year later, <a href=\"https:\/\/compiegne-peintures.fr\/notice\/notice.php?id=628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a portrait of Napoleon III<\/a> depicts him wearing a similar hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind the soldier, a woman (we can&#8217;t see much more) snuggles againt a man with a large hat. He is maybe from Kochersberg, Alsace, according to this <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.costumesetcoutumes.alsace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Joseph-Wencker-NIM00927-.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joseph Wencker&#8217;s lithography circa 1860<\/a> (BNU Strasbourg NIM00927). The couple would then be also tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png\" alt=\"gu\u00e9rard, les touristes, bal de vide-choppe, lithography, engraving, middle-class men smoking, drinking beer at a ball\" class=\"wp-image-2645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5.png 467w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-5-103x150.png 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">E. Gu\u00e9rard (lithographe), <em>Les touristes<\/em>, <em>op.cit.<\/em> D\u00e9tail : groupe de spectateurs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between the dancers, from left to right, we see another man in flat-topped hat. Then a men in uniforme and cap (a hussar? a student?). Finally, a last one wearing a helmet that I couldn&#8217;t identify.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x248.png\" alt=\"gu\u00e9rard, bal de vide-choppe, 1854, different styles of hats, caps, helmets in 19th century germany\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x248.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-150x36.png 150w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-768x186.png 768w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1140x276.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">E. Gu\u00e9rard (lithographe), <em>Les touristes<\/em>, <em>op.cit.<\/em> Detail of the audience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I must say that the Army and Univerity uniforms in the German confederation during the 19th cenutry are diverse and varied. An exemple herebelow:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"uniforms and helmets of the Prussian amry 1860s\" class=\"wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2.png 990w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-150x139.png 150w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-2-768x711.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, The New York Public Library, 1860 &#8211; 1869. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/items\/3b8f2160-c538-012f-7602-58d385a7bc34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soldiers of the Prussian army engaged in the late war<\/a><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, we see that the customers of the ball are mostly male, and diverse: soldiers, students, middle-class, working men&#8230; This motley crew is having a good time\u2014drinking (note the bottles and mugs on the tables), dancing, smoking, and bantering. All of this takes place in a forest setting that is, I must say, quite pleasant. For the French tourists, it\u2019s no doubt a chance to showcase their national art\u2014dance\u2014while sampling the malty delights from across the Rhine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this respect, this depiction of a guinguette is typical and foreshadows many others, such as this one:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Antony Morlon (1834-1913), Les canotiers de la Seine. Rel\u00e2che \u00e0 Asni\u00e8res, 1865. ball near a river 1860s 19th century, picnic\" class=\"wp-image-2654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.histoiredebal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-150x121.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Antony Morlon (1834-1913), <em>Les canotiers de la Seine. Rel\u00e2che \u00e0 Asni\u00e8res<\/em>, 1865.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analyse d&#8217;une gravure repr\u00e9sentant un bal dans une guinguette \u00e0 Heidelberg. 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