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A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Prints depicting dance

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Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

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A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye

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Title
A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye
Additional title: Caricature
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1781
Place: London
Publisher: F. Assen & J. Jones
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFF Ves Au C 4
Topics
Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842 -- Caricatures and cartoons
Dance -- Caricatures and cartoons
Genres
Prints
Poetry
Notes
Content: Beneath caption there follows a six stanza poem, the words by G. S. C.
Physical Description
Mezzotints
Extent: Sepia mezzotint, 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Description
The figure of a man with the head and tail of a fox, dancing on a stage; the people in the audience all have heads of geese.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737072532-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12149352
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7aac04d0-1e7d-0133-3ee9-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1781: Issued
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1781. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e0d87ab0-1e93-0133-2f0d-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e0d87ab0-1e93-0133-2f0d-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1781). A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e0d87ab0-1e93-0133-2f0d-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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A Vestrician dish, or, Caper sauce for a goose pye