print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1935,0522.7.195
- Title
- Object: Waltzing in Courtship
- Description
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A short deformed man dances with an elegant and graceful lady with a pig's head. His hump, small legs, and slightly concave profile seem to indicate Lord Kirkcudbright, see No. 12125. The lady is the fabulous creature of Manchester Square, see No. 12508. She wears a feathered hat.
March 1815
Etching with hand-colouring
- Production date
- 1815
- Dimensions
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Height: 230 millimetres
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Width: 182 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', IX, 1949)
For the supposed pig-faced lady see J. Ashton, 'Social Life under the Regency', 1899, pp. 219-22; Gronow, 'Recollections and Anecdotes', 1872, pp. 255-7.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0522.7.195
