Dancing couple, with penciled notation "Potiphar Papers"

Item data

Title

Dancing couple, with penciled notation "Potiphar Papers"

Collection

Prints depicting dance
Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs
Ballroom dancers

Names

Orr, Nathaniel (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1852 (Questionable)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Bal 16

Subjects

Ballroom dancing -- 19th century

Genres

Prints

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: JG ; N. Orr, N.Y.
Biographical/Historical: George William Curtis's Potiphar papers (1853), which first appeared in the New York-based Putnam's Magazine, satirized fashionable society. The illustration in this collection was engraved by Nathaniel Orr.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : black & white ; 25 x 34 cm or smaller.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19760342
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3c857c0-4dbb-013d-e7fb-0242ac110002

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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