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[Images of social dancing from Harper's Weekly]
- Title
- [Images of social dancing from Harper's Weekly] [graphic], 1859-1867.
- Author
- Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910.
- Publication
- 1859-1867.
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Details
- Description
- 4 prints : wood engraving, b&w; 41 x 57 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Four illustrations by Winslow Homer, depicting social dancing in various contexts and locations, published in the illustrated periodical Harper's Weekly.
- Uniform Title
- Harper's Weekly.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Wood engravings.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Source (note)
- Estate of Josephine Butler.
- Biography (note)
- American painter Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator and lithographer in Boston. In 1859 he moved to New York City, where he worked for Harper's Weekly as an illustrator.
- Contents
- A cadet hop at West Point [Sept. 3, 1859] / Homer -- A merry Christmas and happy New Year; Dec. 24, 1859 [double page; top row includes scenes labeled 5th Avenue, The origin of Christmas, and 59th Street; bottom row depicts a Christmas party, with dancing children among the guests] / Homer del. -- The great Russian ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863; [issue of] Nov. 21, 1863 [double page; article about the ball on the verso] / Homer -- A Parisian ball; dancing at the Mabille, Paris; drawn by Winslow Homer; Nov. 23, 1867 / W.H.
- Call Number
- *MGZFY Hom W Ima 1-4
- OCLC
- 825066513
- Author
- Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910.
- Title
- [Images of social dancing from Harper's Weekly] [graphic], 1859-1867.
- Imprint
- 1859-1867.
- Biography
- American painter Winslow Homer began his career as an illustrator and lithographer in Boston. In 1859 he moved to New York City, where he worked for Harper's Weekly as an illustrator.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Estate of Josephine Butler.
- Added Title
- Harper's Weekly.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFY Hom W Ima 1-4