Degas and the Ballet – in pictures

Edgar Degas, Two Dancers on the Stage, c 1874 Photograph: The Courtauld Gallery

The Red Ballet Skirts, c 1895-1901 Photograph: Gifted by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944/Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums)

The Ballet from [Meyerbeer's Opera] Robert le Diable, c 1876 Photograph: V&A Images

Two Dancers Resting, c 1898 Photograph: Herve Lewandowski/Musee d'Orsay

The Little Dancer Aged 14, 1880-1, cast c 1922 Photograph: Purchased with assistance from Art Fund 1952/Tate Images

Dancers in Blue, c 1890 Photograph: Herve Lewandowski/Musee d'Orsay

Dancers, c 1899 Photograph: Bequest of Henry K Dick, Class of 1909/Princeton University Art Museum

The Dance Lesson, c 1879 Photograph: Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon/National Gallery of Art, Washington

Dancer (Préparation en dedans), c 1880-85 Photograph: Trinity House, London and New York

La Danse Grecque, c 1885-90
Photograph: Honourable Earle I Mack Collection

The Rehearsal, c 1874
Photograph: Gifted by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944/Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums)

Dancer (Battement in Second Position), 1880 Photograph: Private Collection, Cambridge MA, USA

Dancer on Pointe, c 1877-78 Photograph: Collection of Diane B Wilsey

Before the Ballet, c 1890-92 Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Washington/Widener Collection

Three Dancers (Blue Skirts, Red Bodices), c 1903 Photograph: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel