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The prospect before us.
- Title
- The prospect before us.
- Author
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Publication
- London, S. W. Fores, 1791.
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Details
- Description
- Etching (hand-col.); 35.5 x 51.5 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Lincoln Kirstein.
- Subjects
- Note
- Caption: Humanely inscrib'd to all those Professors of Music and Dancing whom the cap may fit. Pub'd. as the Act directs Jan. 13, 1791 by S. W. Fores, Piccadilly.
- Mlle Théodore and Charles Didelot dancing in tattered clothes; Didelot holding out his hat to the crowd; four musicians playing. Background: houses with people watching from windows, a man holding a model of the Pantheon Theatre which bears the legend "Pray remember the poor dancers."
- Reproduced in *MGTI Haskell, A picture history of ballet, no. 108.
- Call Number
- *MGZFE-18 Row T Pro 1
- OCLC
- NYPY737011508-F
- Author
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Title
- The prospect before us.
- Imprint
- London, S. W. Fores, 1791.
- Local Note
- This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons.Prints (Graphic arts) -- Ballet -- 18th century.Ballet -- England -- 18th century.Social dancing -- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFE-18 Row T Pro 1