Dos a' Dos - Accidents in Quadrille Dancing.
[graphic]. Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St. Dublin.
After George Cruikshank's 'Dos à dos - Accidents in quadrille dancing', published 4 March 1817 by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London; see British Museum number 1859,0316.128. This print lettered with title "Dos a' Dos - Accidents in Quadrille Dancing" and publication line "Pub'd by McCleary, Nassau St., Dublin". Cropped within plate mark. Two sets of four couples are depicted in position for a quadrille on a boarded floor; in the left foreground a lady curtseys, while a man bends forward, their bottoms colliding - she is displeased while everyone else appears amused. The women wear high-waisted Empire-style dresses, that finish slightly below the knee; the men wear coats with narrow tails and tight pantaloons or knee-breeches with the man in the right foreground, (who is seen from behind) wearing loose trousers. Two violinists are depicted playing in the right background. A gas chandelier hangs from the ceiling, the jets issuing from a hoop.
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Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | Physical description: 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 20.9 x 31.2 cm., on sheet 22.8 x 33.6 cm., cropped within plate mark, mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
Arrangement: | Item |
Published / Created: |
Dublin :
[William] McCleary, Nassau St.,
[n.d., ca. 1817-1818?].
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Dos a' Dos - Accidents in Quadrille Dancing.
[graphic]. Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St. Dublin.
In Collection: | Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
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Description: | After George Cruikshank's 'Dos à dos - Accidents in quadrille dancing', published 4 March 1817 by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London; see British Museum number 1859,0316.128. This print lettered with title "Dos a' Dos - Accidents in Quadrille Dancing" and publication line "Pub'd by McCleary, Nassau St., Dublin". Cropped within plate mark. Two sets of four couples are depicted in position for a quadrille on a boarded floor; in the left foreground a lady curtseys, while a man bends forward, their bottoms colliding - she is displeased while everyone else appears amused. The women wear high-waisted Empire-style dresses, that finish slightly below the knee; the men wear coats with narrow tails and tight pantaloons or knee-breeches with the man in the right foreground, (who is seen from behind) wearing loose trousers. Two violinists are depicted playing in the right background. A gas chandelier hangs from the ceiling, the jets issuing from a hoop. |
Created: |
Dublin :
[William] McCleary, Nassau St.,
[n.d., ca. 1817-1818?].
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Language: | English |
Extent: | 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 20.9 x 31.2 cm., on sheet 22.8 x 33.6 cm., cropped within plate mark, mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Call Number: |
PD 2121 TX 2 (33)
(Collection unavailable) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |