print
- Museum number
- 1849,1003.96
- Title
- Object: Nancy Dawson
- Description
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Portrait of the dancer; whole-length standing facing front, dancing a hornpipe, right hand on hip, left arm outstretched, looking towards the viewer, wearing a plaid skirt with gauzy apron and overskirt bunched at the hips, a shawl over her shoulders tied above the waist, a pearl choker and wide-brimmed hat set on the back of her head; two other dancers in background; verses below.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1753 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 339 millimetres
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Width: 234 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Acquisition notes
- 1849,1003.1 to 100 were purchased by A E Evans at the 3rd part of the Stowe sale (collection of the Duke of Buckingham) on 7-8 August 1849. The lots purchased were 258, 261, 266-7, 269-70, 273 (all of caricatures), and lot 24 (sea fights)
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,1003.96