A watercolour showing the ballet dancers Marie Taglioni and her sister-in-law Amalie Galster-Taglioni as characters from the romantic ballet La Sylphide. Marie Taglioni is shown from behind, walking hand in hand with a male ballet dancer, probably her brother Paul Taglioni. She is dressed as the character of the Sylph, in a white ballet dress and a headdress of pink flowers with small wings on her back. Galster-Taglioni is shown in the foreground to the right. She is shown full-length, holding her arms out to the left. She is dressed as the character of Effie. Loose figures are shown behind her, probably dancers dressed as her bridesmaids.
Inscribed below: Mademoiselle Taglioni &c- &c- Madame Galdstre [sic] Taglioni as Effie &c- &c-
Inscribed lower left: P.V. f. Beaumaris. Aug 25th 1832.

La Sylphide, which premiered in Paris is 1832, was choreographed by Marie and Paul Taglioni's father, Filippo Taglioni, to the music of Jean-Madeliene Schnietzhoeffer, with libretto by Adolphe Nourrit and loosely based on a story by Charles Nodier. It was designed by Filippo to showcase his daughter's talent at dancing and is credited with being the first ballet where dancing en pointe had an aesthetic rationale rather than being a clumsy acrobatic stunt.

Princess Victoria visited Wales in 1832 as part of a series of Royal Progresses organised by her mother, The Duchess of Kent, staying in Beaumaris from 6 to 25 August 1832. In her journal entry of 18 August 1832, Princess Victoria describes how "[her governess, Baroness] Lehzen finished for me that evening, at about 6, a lovely doll, representing “la Sylphide”, which I saw in town."