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La polkamanie

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	*MGZFD Ver C Pol 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Description

1 print : lithograph, b&w; 34 X 24 cm.

Alternative Title

La polka des bals publics.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Prints – 19th century.

Note

Lithograph depicts a couple at a public ball, dancing in what appears to be a boisterous manner, their legs kicking to the side. A sergeant bearing a stern expression, taps on the male dancer's shoulder from behind.
Caption reads: Jeune homme! . . dites donc, jeune homme! . . vous dansez-là unde danse aussi incoherente qu'incompatible avec les autorités constitutionnelles de votre patrie! Sergent de ville . . . vous m'affligez . . . vous voyez bien que nous polkons! . . .
In pencil on recto: 1844.
Image is printed on the back of a page from Le chaivari, containing notices, advertisements, and a pictorial puzzle.

Source (note)

Call Number

*MGZFD Ver C Pol 1

OCLC

174051958

Author

Vernier, Charles, 1831-1887. Lithographer

Title

La polkamanie / Ch. Vernier ; Imp. d'Aubert & Co.

Imprint

[Paris] : Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse 29, [1844]

Local Note

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Source

Gift; Agnes De Mille.

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Local Subject

Social dancing -- 19th century.

Added Author

De Mille, Agnes, donor.

Other Title

La polka des bals publics.

Related To

Le charivari Imprimerie Lange Levy et Ce, rue du Croissant 16, [Paris].

Research Call Number

*MGZFD Ver C Pol 1