print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- J,5.4
- Title
- Object: A new academy for accomplishments
- Description
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A lady, seated (left), watches through a lorgnette two small dogs dancing on their hind legs, while a foppishly dressed man, evidently a French dancing-master (right), plays the fiddle. One dog is a grotesquely clipped poodle, the other appears to be a King Charles. A cockatoo watches from a perch. The lady is fashionably dressed and wears a hat trimmed with feathers. The room is indicated by a looped-up curtain and an ornate mirror with candle sconces hung on the wall by a bow of ribbon. 7 May 1778
Etching
- Production date
- 1778
- Dimensions
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Height: 351 millimetres
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Width: 235 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is the first print bearing Hannah's name as publisher, see T. Clayton, 'James Gillray, a revolution in satire', New Haven and London, 2022, p. 32
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- J,5.4