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Nancy Dawson

Title
Nancy Dawson [graphic] / James Watson fecit.
Author
Watson, James, 1740-1790.
Publication
London : printed for John Bowles, [176-?]

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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFB Daw N P 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description
1 print : mezzotint, b&w; 27 x 20 cm., plate mark 15 x 12 cm.
Summary
Half-length portrait of Nancy Dawson, leaning on a banister.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portraits.
  • Mezzotints.
Biography (note)
  • Nancy Dawson was a dancer and actress in mid-eighteenth century London. She was perhaps best known for dancing the hornpipe.
  • The British printmaker James Watson was born in Dublin and moved to London in the 1750s. His birth year has not been confirmed, and has been variously conjectured as 1735, 1739, or 1740.
Call Number
*MGZFB Daw N P 2
OCLC
790619443
Author
Watson, James, 1740-1790.
Title
Nancy Dawson [graphic] / James Watson fecit.
Imprint
London : printed for John Bowles, [176-?]
Biography
Nancy Dawson was a dancer and actress in mid-eighteenth century London. She was perhaps best known for dancing the hornpipe.
The British printmaker James Watson was born in Dublin and moved to London in the 1750s. His birth year has not been confirmed, and has been variously conjectured as 1735, 1739, or 1740.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
For a similar image, attributed to Charles Spooner, see: *MGZFB Daw N P 1.
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Research Call Number
*MGZFB Daw N P 2
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