The York-minuet [graphic].

Description

Title: The York-minuet [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 December 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Decr. 14th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "The Duchess of York (left), full face, dances a minuet with a partner whose figure and profile suggest the Prince of Wales. He faces her, his left forefinger touching her left forefinger, his right arm outstretched, holding his hat. Her dress is cut very low and she displays her tiny feet (cf. BMSat 7930, &c), showing her leg to the knee in a way then considered immodest."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image; the letter 'k' in 'York' seems to have been etched on the plate as 'y' and altered by hand after printing.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Dances: minuet.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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