TitleNative American dancing in prints
Additional title: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaperAdditional title: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion
NamesVernier, Emile Louis, 1829-1887 (Artist)
CollectionPrints depicting dance
Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs
Dates / OriginDate Issued: 1700 - 1887 (Approximate)
Table of Contents[Circle dance; cutaway view of people within a structure]; [at lower right] XXXVII; [handwritten date of 1752] -- Danse/Tanz, Etats Unis/Vereinigte Staaten; [at upper right] 10 / Vernier del. ; Montaut sc. -- Danza d'Indiani in California; Torre dell'antica cittá americana Tlapallan; Tom. III, America settentrionale, Tav. 18 -- Ballerino Indiano (California) / HD ; L. Lisbet sc. -- The war dance of Ojibbeway Indians before the Queen at Windsor Castle [1844?] -- An Inca of Peru ; An Indian campo or ante; Dances of the Yagua Indians; Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, [handwritten date] Apr. 8, 1854 -- Californian Indians dancing ; Funeral ceremonies of the Californian Indians; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 18, 1858 -- The Pashofa dance [Chickasaw Indians; with text]; Chit Chat, [handwritten location and date] Boston 1887.
Library locationsJerome Robbins Dance DivisionShelf locator: *MGZFX Nat 1-8
TopicsIndian dance -- North AmericaIndian dance -- South AmericaIndians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites -- CaliforniaIndians of South America -- PeruChickasaw Indians -- DanceOjibwa Indians -- DanceYagua Indians -- DanceWar dance
GenresPrintsIllustrations
NotesTitle devised by cataloger.Acquisition: [Circle dance], Danse/Tanz, Danza d'Indiani in California, Ballerino Indiano, Inca of Peru Gift; Lillian Moore.Biographical/historical: The print captioned Danse/Tanz, Etats Unis/Vereinigte Staaten may be attributed to Emile Louis Vernier and Henri de Montaut, and probably appeared as an illustration to Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Roux de Rochelle's États-Unis d'Amerique, first published in Paris by Firmin Didot frères in 1837, with many subsequent editions.
Physical DescriptionExtent: 3 prints : engraving, etching, b&w or hand-colored ; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.Extent: 2 prints : lithograph, hand-colored or b&w ; 35 x 21 cm. or smaller.Extent: 3 prints : wood engraving, b&w ; 39 x 28 cm. or smaller.
DescriptionDepictions of Native American dancing in prints culled from various sources, including books and periodicals of various dates. Some sheets contain more than one image.
Type of ResourceStill image
LanguagesEnglishFrenchItalianGerman
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 825552750NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19759768Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d920b500-88fa-0134-9099-00505686a51c
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