Grown Ladies Taught To Dance..
some small surface scratches in the background shading, some old creases along the top edge one or two small, old closed tears and some discolouration in the margins but a very good example.
£175.00
Publisher
Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53, in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith No. 35 in Cheapside as the Act directs Jan. 2.,
Place
London
Date
1769
Synopsis
Engraved after an original picture of mr,, john collett, in the possession of mr,, smith. / london,
Item Description
Original hand coloured copper engraving 12.2 x 9.75 inches, trimmed to platemark.
Notes
This engraving satirises the dilemma of those who, for whatever reason, failed to learn the genteel accomplishment of dancing at an early age. In 'Grown Ladies Taught to Dance', a young dancing master is instructing an elderly woman to dance. She is very stiff and ungraceful. Two small girls look on, laughing at the woman's clumsy attempts to dance. On the wall is a parody of this scene with a monkey teaching a cat to dance.
[Stock No. 22275]
