Research Catalog
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-?]
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Prints (Graphic arts) -- 18th century.Dance -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFD Hab 1