Monsieur Vestris Junior in the ballet "Les Amans Surpris," 1781. He wears a plumed hat, beribboned coat, breeches and stockings, and holds out a garland of flowers.. Auguste Vestris (1760-1842), illegitimate son of dancers Gaetan Vestris and Marie Allard, made his stage debut in 1772. He made his London debut in the serious ballet Les Amans Surpris, dancing with Giovanna Baccelli, and astonished England "more by his agility than his grace.". Copperplate engraving of an illustration by J. Roberts, engraved by Thornthwaite, from "Bell's British Theatre" 1781.