print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: J,5.76
Title: Object: The Cotillon Dance
Description: Satire on inelegant dancers. A ballroom in which eight people, including one young couple, dance clumsily in a circle to the music of a violinist and a man playing a pipe and tambourine on a raised platform. 10 March 1771 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: James Caldwall; After: John Collet; Published by: Robert Sayer; Published by: John Smith of Cheapside
School/style: British
Production date: 1770
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 256 millimetres; Width: 365 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The subject is clearly inspired by Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty, Plate II (Paulson 196).
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (4599)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; dance; musician
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,5.76

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