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Les Graces--Inconveniences in quadrille dancing.

Title
Les Graces--Inconveniences in quadrille dancing.
Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Publication
[London] pub'd by H. Humphrey 27 St James's St, April 9th, 1817.

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Additional Authors
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
Description
Etching, colored; plate mark: 21.2 x 26.5 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Lower left: G. Cruikshank fect.
  • An informal dance with a stout lady at the piano, at left. One of the dancers speaks to her over his shoulder. In the foreground a short man strains to hold up the hands of two tall ladies, who stoop to turn under the arch thus made. Seven spectators in background.
  • Probably the basis for *MGZFD McC C 4, a less satirical and reversed image copy published by McCleary, Nassau Street, Dublin.
Call Number
*MGZFD Cru G Gra 1
OCLC
NYPY847006295-F
Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Title
Les Graces--Inconveniences in quadrille dancing.
Imprint
[London] pub'd by H. Humphrey 27 St James's St, April 9th, 1817.
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Local Subject
Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 19th century.
Local Subject
Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Quadrilles.
Added Author
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
Research Call Number
*MGZFD Cru G Gra 1
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