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Dance caricatures

Title
Dance caricatures [graphic].
Publication
[181-?-185-?]

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Additional Authors
  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
  • Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
Description
4 prints : etching, engraving, b&w; 27 x 36 cm. or smaller.
Summary
Caricatures and cartoons poking fun at ballroom and social dancers.
Alternative Title
  • Longitude & latitude of St. Petersburgh
  • Cyprian's ball at the Argyle Rooms
  • Full-dress party
  • Charity ball, dancing for the million
Subjects
Genre/Form
Caricatures.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Source (note)
  • Lincoln Kirstein.
Biography (note)
  • The brothers George and Robert (also called Isaac Robert) Cruikshank followed in the footsteps of their father Isaac, 1764-1811, as printmakers and caricaturists. George Cruikshank, the best-known of the three, moved from political and social satire to book illustration; among his works are the illustrations to Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838).
Contents
A charity ball, dancing for the million, [1844?] / George Cruikshank -- A full-dress party / designed by George Cruikshank -- The Cyprian's ball at the Argyle Rooms / after an engraving by Robert Cruikshank -- Longitude & latitude of St. Petersburgh; [London], H. Humphrey, 1813 / G. Cruikshank fect.
Call Number
*MGZFX Car 1-4
OCLC
825110435
Title
Dance caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
[181-?-185-?]
Biography
The brothers George and Robert (also called Isaac Robert) Cruikshank followed in the footsteps of their father Isaac, 1764-1811, as printmakers and caricaturists. George Cruikshank, the best-known of the three, moved from political and social satire to book illustration; among his works are the illustrations to Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (1838).
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
Charity ball Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.
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Added Author
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Artist
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. Artist
Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Car 1-4
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