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Habit of a young woman of Otaheite dancing.

Title
Habit of a young woman of Otaheite dancing.
Publication
[London?, 179-?]

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Details

Description
Engraving; image: 29 x 15 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Lillian Moore.
Note
  • An anonymous engraving after a drawing made in Tahiti by John Webber. A woman full length to front, both arms to the left. She is wearing a bowl-like hat, floor-length dress, pompoms at breasts, two pleated fan-shaped panels at back. The background consists of a barren plain.
  • Cf. "A dance in Otaheite." *MGZFH She J Dan 1, for John Sherwin's original engraving.
Call Number
*MGZFD Hab 1
OCLC
NYPY887006609-F
Title
Habit of a young woman of Otaheite dancing.
Imprint
[London?, 179-?]
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Local Subject
Prints (Graphic arts) -- 18th century.
Dance -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti.
Research Call Number
*MGZFD Hab 1
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