The allemande dance [graphic] / Brandoin pinxt. ; Caldwell sculp.

Published/Created:

London
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
published as the act directs, 20 March 1772

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.4 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 38 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5, no. 5082

Notes:

Title engraved below image.
Old Print Shop; October 1959; Acquisitions no.: 959-10-1-2.

Abstract:

In the center of a panelled ballroom, a couple dance together, an older man standing behind his younger, pretty partner holds her outstretched hands by the finger-tips. She looks serious; he leers towards her. On each side of the room seated elderly spectators are in conversation pointing to, or looking at, the dancers. On the right a fiddler and a flute-player in a small musician's gallery play to the dancers and spectators below. Lighted candles are in carved sconces on the wall.

Associated Names:

Caldwall, James, 1739-1819 [Printmaker]
Brandoin, Michel Vincent, 1733-1807 [Artist]
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 [Publisher]
Smith, John, fl.1762-1792 [Publisher]

Topics:

Ballrooms
Couples
Dance
Evening gowns -- Great Britain -- 1770-1780
Musicians
Sconces
Spectators

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1772
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1772
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1772

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

772.03.20.01+

Orbis Record:

8326713

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr03282

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10715865

PID:

digcoll:2754966