- Additional Authors
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
- Description
- Etching, colored, image cropped to; 22 x 31 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Lower left: etched by G. Cruikshank.
- Caricature, possibly depicting the interior of a dancing school. Four couples, composed of singularly unattractive men and women, practice the waltz. The men dance with their arms around the women's waist; the women perform the dance with their hands resting on their partners' shoulders.
- There are two paintings on the back wall. The painting at left depicts two itinerant musicians playing fiddles while a young boy begs for coins; the painting at right shows four dancing dogs.
- Reproduced in Dance magazine, April 1951, p. 17.
- Call Number
- *MGZFD Cru G Spe 1
- OCLC
- NYPY847006459-F
- Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
- Title
Specimens of waltzing.
- Imprint
London, pub'd by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jame's Street, June 4th, 1817.
- Local Note
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- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 19th century.
- Local Subject
Social dancing -- 19th century.
- Added Author
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
- Research Call Number
*MGZFD Cru G Spe 1