Grown gentlemen taught to dance [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Grown gentlemen taught to dance [graphic]
- Creator
- Goldar, John, 1729-1795, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Collet, John, 1725?-1780, artist.
Bradford, T., publisher. - Published / Created
- as the act directs, 27th June 1767.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by T. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Abstract
-
An interior with a stout dancing master in the centre of the room teaching a dandified gentleman to dance, while another man sits with his feet in a trough to force his feet to turn outwards. A fiddler seated in the leftt foreground, with an ear trumpet resting beside him on books, one labelled 'Hornpipes Seriously Considered', and with two kittens playing in the violin case, an advertisement reading 'Grown Gentlemen taught to Dance, & Qualify'd to appear in the most Brilliant Assemblies at the easy Expence of 1L 11s 6d', and a picture on the wall with a woman dancing
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Below title: Engraved after an original picture of Mr. John Collett, in the possession of Mr. Bradford.
Probably original of no. 4250 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject: opera dancer -- Theatrical costume: opera dancer's costume -- Music books -- Hairdressing: curl papers -- Placards: dancing lessons advertisement -- Dancing: channel for training feet. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 30.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37 x 28 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 767.06.27.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1767
Engravings England London 1767 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Cats
Dancers
Dandies
British
Hearing aids
Musical instruments
Musicians - Subjects
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Cats
Dancers
Dandies > British
Hearing aids
Musical instruments
Musicians
England > 1767
England > London > 1767
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8421842
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713317
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