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A French family
- Title
- A French family / T. Rowlandson delin., S. Alken fecit.
- Author
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Publication
- [London : S. W. Fores, no. 3 Piccadilly, Nov. 5, 1792.]
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- Additional Authors
- Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815.
- Description
- 1 print : aquatint, col.; 36 x 45 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Prints – 18th century.
- Note
- Two couples dancing in a shabby room; man in foreground wears a wig and tattered shirt, his partner has a plumed headdress. Man seated at left striking tambourine as dogs dance. Man seated at right plays fiddle; barefoot child standing in third position, lifting nightshirt.
- Source (note)
- John Taras;
- Call Number
- *MGZFH Row T C 2
- OCLC
- 166587519
- Author
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Title
- A French family / T. Rowlandson delin., S. Alken fecit.
- Imprint
- [London : S. W. Fores, no. 3 Piccadilly, Nov. 5, 1792.]
- Local Note
- Second copy. Copy contains more brown tinting and less pink than *MGZFH Row T C 1. Also, the blues are less bright and the fiddler figure on the right is cast in a shadow.Publisher information cropped from this copy.This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.
- Source
- Gift; John Taras; 2004.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Social dancing -- 18th century.Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 18th century.
- Added Author
- Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815. EngraverTaras, John. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFH Row T C 2