<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A.B. The charmers of the age [art original].</dc:title><dc:creator>Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist</dc:creator><dc:date>[between 1742 and 1799]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>A tracing by George Steevens of a print by Willaim Hogarth:  Theatre stage with two dancers; on the left a woman (La Barbarina) jumps with her legs apart and on the right a man (George Desnoyer) stands with his legs together; on either side a chorus, or audience, and statues of Comedy and Tragedy holding candles. With the text "C.C. Prickt lines shewing the rising Height" at the foot of the stage as in the first state and with a face on the sun</dc:description><dc:description>Title from item.</dc:description><dc:description>Lengthy pencil note in William Windham's hand below: These two pieces viz. the one marked Qui Color albus erat and The Charmers of the age? are not prints but copies taken with a pen by Mr. Steevens, and given to me, together with many others, not copies, in return for those mentioned in his collection as given by me to him. [Signed] W.W. March 22d 1800.</dc:description><dc:description>After Paulson, R. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 153.</dc:description><dc:description>On page 100 in volume 1.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>