Miss Nancy Dawson
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Item data
Title
Miss Nancy Dawson
Collection
Prints depicting dance
Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs
Names
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1760 - 1770 (Questionable)
Place: London
Publisher: printed for Rob't Sayer, map and printseller
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFB Daw N Hor 2
Subjects
Dawson, Nancy, approximately 1730-1767
Hornpipe (Dance)
Dance -- England -- 18th century
Genres
Notes
Content: Unsigned print depicting Nancy Dawson dancing the hornpipe: Dawson full length to front, eyes slight to the left, her left arm fully extended to side, right hand at waist.
Publications: Reproduced in Dance Perspectives, no. 26, summer 1966, page [23].
Physical Description
Mezzotints
Extent: plate mark 35.5 x 25 cm.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12160091
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): abcaa630-14d4-0131-c76b-58d385a7b928
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1760
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Miss Nancy Dawson" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1760 - 1770. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abcaa630-14d4-0131-c76b-58d385a7b928
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1760 - 1770). Miss Nancy Dawson Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abcaa630-14d4-0131-c76b-58d385a7b928
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Miss Nancy Dawson" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abcaa630-14d4-0131-c76b-58d385a7b928
Wikipedia citation
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