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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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Still imageUse in library *MGZFH Row T C 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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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.
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Source
Gift; John Taras; 2004.
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Local Subject
Social dancing -- 18th century.
Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 18th century.
Added Author
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815. Engraver
Taras, John. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZFH Row T C 2
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