The French dancing master [graphic].

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Title: The French dancing master [graphic].
Contributor: Picot, Victor Marie, 1744-1805, publisher.
Published / Created: [27 July 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, July 27th, 1771, by Picot & Delatre in St. Martin's Lane
Abstract: An ugly man with a protruding lower jaw and missing teeth is shown in left profile. He wears a long wig decorated with curls and a small tricorne hat on top of it, He appears to be missing his left arm. In his right hand he holds a sheet with a song and seems to be singing
Description: Title etched below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: dancing master -- Frenchmen -- Young women -- Education: dancing lessons -- Domestic service: maidservant -- Brooms -- Toupée wigs -- Female dress, 1771 -- Male dress, 1771.
Mounted.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki ; June 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35 x 26 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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