The dance [graphic]

Description

Title: The dance [graphic]
Creator: Skelton, William, 1763-1848, printmaker
Contributor: Ireland, Samuel, -1800, publisher.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd March 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: S. Ireland
Abstract: A group of women and girls perform a folk dance in a wooded landscape. The figures are numbered 1-7.
Description: Title etched below image.
A plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 31.
Copy of A. de La Mottraye's Travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa.
On page 14 in volume 1.
Ms. note at top margin in Steevens's hand: Copy.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 11.6 x 13.6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching ;
Subject (Geographic): Greece.
Turkey.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dance
Girls
Women
Subjects: Clothing & dress > Greece
Clothing & dress > Turkey
Dance
Girls
Women
18th century
England > London > 1798
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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