The dancing lesson of our grandmothers

Item data

Title

The dancing lesson of our grandmothers

Collection

Prints depicting dance
Theatrical dancers in groups or more than two but not in a ballet or theatrical dance scene
Josephine Butler collection of dance prints

Names

Butler, Josephine (Collector)
Rosenthal, Toby Edward, approximately 1848-1917 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1888

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFY But 14

Subjects

Ballroom dancing

Genres

Prints

Notes

Acquisition: Gift; Estate of Josephine Butler.
Biographical/Historical: Josephine DeNatale Butler, 1911-1996, was a dance educator, historian, and author. She began her career in fashion design, but in 1936 she and her husband Albert Butler founded the Albert Butler School of Dance, which she directed for fifty years. They also collaborated on the monumental Encyclopedia of social dancing, versions of which first appeared in the late 1960s. In 1970 she created an archive of social dancing, encompassing print materials, moving images, and other memorabilia, at the Dance Collection (today known as the Jerome Robbins Dance Division) of New York Public Library. These prints were among a collection of additional materials donated to the Library by her estate in 1996, selections from which appeared in the Library's exhibition Cotillion to cakewalk: social dance prints, presented from May 19-Sept. 13, 1997.
Statement Of Responsibility: Toby E. Rosenthal, pinx. ; gravure Gebbie & Co.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : black and white ; 38 x 49 cm. or smaller.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 825109211
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19758824
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e2c248e0-eeab-013b-49ad-0242ac110002

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
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