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The dancing lesson

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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COLLECTION
Prints depicting dance

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SUB-COLLECTION
Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

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SUB-COLLECTION
Social dancing in cartoons and caricatures

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Title
The dancing lesson
Names
Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847 (Artist)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Social dancing in cartoons and caricatures

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1800 - 1931 (Approximate)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Soc 18
Genres
Prints
Cartoons (Commentary)
Caricatures
Notes
Content: From a children's book? On the verso are "Shadows for our tiny folks"
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : black & white ; 34 x 29 cm. or smaller.
Description
In a print titled The dancing lesson, the participants have animal heads atop human bodies: the dancing master, who plays the pochette or small fiddle associated with his profession, is an antlered deer, with two female grasshoppers for his pupils.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19760338
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4ab36dc0-9425-013b-8c27-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1800: Issued (Approximate)
  • 1803: Creator Born
  • 1847: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The dancing lesson" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800 - 1931. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a08b480-01e8-0135-23fb-006f18779c15

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The dancing lesson" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a08b480-01e8-0135-23fb-006f18779c15

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1800 - 1931). The dancing lesson Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a08b480-01e8-0135-23fb-006f18779c15

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a08b480-01e8-0135-23fb-006f18779c15 | title= (still image) The dancing lesson, (1800 - 1931) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The dancing lesson