A Scotch reel
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5271497
Item data
Title
A Scotch reel
Collection
Prints depicting dance
Subjects
Names
Darly, Matthias (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1776-07-11
Place: London
Publisher: pub. by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Dar M C 1
Subjects
Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons
Hairdressing
Reels and strathspeys
Genres
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: Engraving, 21.6 x 32.5 cm.
Abstract
Two couples dancing a reel. The ladies wear enormous feathered coiffures. Man on left is short and very fat, he walks rather than dances. Man on right dances energetically, left arm raised.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737010809-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12145846
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ed26320-f80f-0132-f2f4-58d385a7bbd0
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1776-07-11
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A Scotch reel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1776. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3ed26320-f80f-0132-f2f4-58d385a7bbd0
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1776). A Scotch reel Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3ed26320-f80f-0132-f2f4-58d385a7bbd0
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A Scotch reel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3ed26320-f80f-0132-f2f4-58d385a7bbd0
Wikipedia citation
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