Quadrilles, La Finale.

Collection Data

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1829 (Approximate)
Place: London
Publisher: "Published by Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket"
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Qua 8
Topics
Hairdressing -- 1800-1899
Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Caricature (cropped) primarily satirizing the hair styles of the day. Two couples performing a quadrille figure. The dancers are leaning back, their weight on their left foot; their right hand is extended toward their respective partner. The women are wearing towering coiffeures bedecked with flowers and bows.
Content: Four lines of verse by Milton: Sport, that wrinkled care derides/Fashion's showing off besides/Come and trip it as you go/On the light fantastick toe.
Citation/reference: TL 07.05.022
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: Print : etching, approx. 8.07 x 13 in.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12160074
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a53f5aa0-c554-012f-e428-58d385a7bc34
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