Description:
George, No. 12925
See No. 12924. An informal dance (or practice), with a stout lady at the piano (l.); one of the dancers, a thin man, speaks to her over his shoulder. In the forground a short man strains to hold up the hands of two taller ladies, who stoop to turn under the arch thus made. This amuses a taller man who stands between two ladies on the righ. A man lounges against the chimney-piece, and a couple stand with their backs to the fire. A tiny lap-dog barks from a chair. A large mirror is over the chimney-piece, which is flanked by large bell-pulls terminating in lyres. On it are candlelabra in the form of Egyptian figures. The floor is boarded. There are two pictures: one of two very thin ballet-dancers, the other of fat peasants dancing to the pipe and tabor. Cf. No. 12935
Reid, No. 669. Cohn, No. 1316
(from George, vol. IX)
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caricatures; classes; dance; dancers; humor; music; satire; social classes; social interaction; text Link to share this object record:
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