Waltzer au mouchoir [graphic].

Description

Title: Waltzer au mouchoir [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1800 January 20
Copyright Date: [20 January 1800]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A couple dance in an assembly-room; the man, active and dishevelled, smaller than his immensely fat partner, holds the ends of a large spotted handkerchief, since it is impossible to grasp her waist. In the background are two other couples. A chandelier and a corner of the musicians' gallery with a man blowing a French horn complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Dances: waltz -- Interiors: ballroom -- Lighting: chandelier -- Architectural details: musicians' gallery -- Obesity -- Musical instruments: French horn.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.8 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 26 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1800.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1800.
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman--1813.--CtY-LW
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9583
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 457
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 271