Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. Engraving; 29.5 cm. x 216 cm.

Subject

1. Minuet (Dance)
2. Dance -- England -- 18th century

Call number

1. (S) *MGZFV-Res.+ 79-304

Language

1. English

Note

1. Scroll.
2. Signed, lower right: W. Dickinson, excudit.
3. Caption, above: Bos, fur, sus, atque sacerdos.
4. Caption, below: Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors. Horace.
5. Stamped on verso: Caricatures. J. Hannam. On verso, in ink: Dancing. Bumberrys [Bunbury?] Panoramic.
6. Ten couples in a sequence of ballroom dance positions.

Author

1. Dickinson, William, 1746-1823.

Title

1. A long minuet as danced at Bath. Longa Tysonum Minuit ...

Imprint

1. London, Publish'd by W. Dickinson, Engraver, Bond Street, June 25th, 1787.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Social dancing -- Caricatures and cartoons.
2. Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 18th century.

Local subject

1. Social dancing -- 18th century.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZFV-Res.+ 79-304