Waltzer au mouchoir

Waltzer au mouchoir

Item Information

Title:
Waltzer au mouchoir
Description:
A couple dance in an assembly-room. The man, active and disheveled, smaller than his immensely fat partner, holds the ends of a large spotted handkerchief, since it is impossible to grasp her waist. In the background are two other couples. A chandelier and a corner of the musicians' gallery with a man blowing a French horn complete the design (BM). / This was intended for a quiz upon the then foreign dance, waltzing, somewhat like the foregoing upon foreign dress. It may be easily distinguished as the work of an amateur (Wright/Evans).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Date:
January 20, 1800
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
John D. Merriam Collection
Subjects:
Ballroom dancing
Dancers
Waltz
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 24 x 19 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111j75s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
27 St. James Street London : Publish'd by H. Humphrey
Language:
English
French
Notes:
Title from item.
BM Satires 9583; Wright/Evans 457
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; December 1953
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Identifier:
18_17_000107
Barcode:
36666003787047