[A native dance] [graphic]

Description

Title: [A native dance] [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1727]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: A. de La Mottraye
Abstract: In Smyrna with a city in the distance, a group of women and girls perform a folk dance in a wooded landscape. The figure labelled '1' is identified in the text as 'one of the Chief Woman in Smyrna'' and '7' is her daughter; both wear Turkish headdresses. The country girl (3) wears the costume of Scio, and the woman (4) wears a typical dress from Constantinople. See v. 1, p. 159-60.
Description: Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson.
One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa.
"Tom. 1, No. XIII."--Upper right corner.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.5 x 37 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 38 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1727
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Greece.
Turkey.
Subject (Name): La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dance
Girls
Women
Subjects: La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743 > Illustrations
Clothing & dress > Greece
Clothing & dress > Turkey
Dance
Girls
Women
England > London > 1727
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

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