Research Catalog

Waltzing.

Description

Engraving, vignette, colored; image: 20 x 13 cm.

Subjects

Note

An anonymous engraving of a couple during an intimate dance. The woman rests her head on her partner's shoulder and looks up into his eyes. The man, reaching behind her and holding her breast, presses his leg against her thigh. He is wearing a frock coat, vest, cravatte and knee breeches. She is wearing a diaphanous low-bosomed gown with a high waist line.
Seven lines of verse, beginning, "What! the girl I adore by another embraced."

Call Number

*MGZFD Anon C 9

OCLC

NYPY887006560-F

Title

Waltzing.

Imprint

[London?, 181-?]

Local Note

This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.

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Local Subject

Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons.

Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 19th century.

Research Call Number

*MGZFD Anon C 9