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France. The minuet de la cœur
- Title
- France. The minuet de la cœur [graphic].
- Publication
- London : Read & Co. ; Paris : H. Mandeville, 1853.
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- Description
- 1 print : etching, hand-colored; 26 x 21 cm., plate mark 23 x 18 cm.
- Summary
- Depiction of a man and a woman dancing beneath a domed ceiling of an elegantly appointed room, with a view of a vaulted portico leading through a garden to a distant fountain. They are surrounded by other ladies and gentlemen, none of whom pay any attention to the dance. Musicians accompany them from a gallery.
- Alternative Title
- Minuet de la cœur
- Minuet de la cour
- Read's Characteristic national dances
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Etchings.
- Note
- Caption title.
- No. 4, Read's characteristic dances of all nations.
- Source (note)
- Lincoln Kirstein
- Biography (note)
- Illustration to the story The minuet de la cour : a tale of the French Revolution, from the book Read's Characteristic national dances, published in London in 1853. The thirteen stories in the book were each accompanied by an illustration of characters in national costumes.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX Anon Min 1
- OCLC
- 825552219
- Title
- France. The minuet de la cœur [graphic].
- Imprint
- London : Read & Co. ; Paris : H. Mandeville, 1853.
- Biography
- Illustration to the story The minuet de la cour : a tale of the French Revolution, from the book Read's Characteristic national dances, published in London in 1853. The thirteen stories in the book were each accompanied by an illustration of characters in national costumes.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Lincoln Kirstein, 1971.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996. Donor
- Added Title
- Read's Characteristic national dances
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Anon Min 1