Dos à dos - accidents in quadrille dancing.
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Item data
Title
Dos à dos - accidents in quadrille dancing.
Collection
Prints depicting dance
Subjects
Names
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1817-03-04
Place: London
Publisher: pub'd by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Cru G Dos 1
Subjects
Quadrilles
Musicians
Social dancing -- 19th century
Dance
Genres
Prints
Caricatures And Cartoons
Notes
Content: Three couples watch as a fourth couple, advancing back to back, walk into each other. Five musicians in a box look down on the proceedings.
Physical Description
Extent: Etching, colored, full margins, plate mark: 21.4 x 26.5 cm.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12160111
Other local Identifier: NYPY847006435-F
Other local Identifier: oi_[ps_dan_cd37_524]
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5a4fbb60-7ab2-0130-d6bd-58d385a7b928
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Date Issued
1817-03-04
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dos à dos - accidents in quadrille dancing." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1817. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5a4fbb60-7ab2-0130-d6bd-58d385a7b928
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1817). Dos à dos - accidents in quadrille dancing. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5a4fbb60-7ab2-0130-d6bd-58d385a7b928
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dos à dos - accidents in quadrille dancing." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5a4fbb60-7ab2-0130-d6bd-58d385a7b928
Wikipedia citation
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