Statement Of Responsibility: engraved by T. Woolnoth from a drawing by T. Wageman.
Biographical/Historical: G.M.S. Chivers was a dancing master in London in the early 19th century. He was the author of several dance manuals, among them The dancer's guide, The modern dancing master, and A pocket companion to French and English dancing, all published in the early 1820s.

Physical Description

Engravings
Extent: 25 x 18 cm.

Abstract

Bust-length portrait. A violin or fiddle, played by dancing masters of the time as they taught, lies atop an open musical score in the lower part of the frame.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19375534
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7d9c4360-14d4-0131-a77f-58d385a7b928

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1820

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mr. G.M.S. Chivers" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1820 - 1830. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d9c4360-14d4-0131-a77f-58d385a7b928

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1820 - 1830). Mr. G.M.S. Chivers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d9c4360-14d4-0131-a77f-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mr. G.M.S. Chivers" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d9c4360-14d4-0131-a77f-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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