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France. The minuet de la cœur

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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France. The minuet de la cœur

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Title
France. The minuet de la cœur
Additional title: Minuet de la cœur
Additional title: Minuet de la cour
Additional title: Read's Characteristic national dances
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1853
Place: London
Place: Paris
Publisher: H. Mandeville
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Anon Min 1
Topics
Minuet (Dance)
Genres
Prints
Notes
Caption title.
No. 4, Read's characteristic dances of all nations.
Acquisition: Gift; Lincoln Kirstein, 1971.
Biographical/historical: Illustration to the story The minuet de la cour : a tale of the French Revolution, from the book Read's Characteristic national dances, published in London in 1853. The thirteen stories in the book were each accompanied by an illustration of characters in national costumes.
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: 26 x 21 cm., plate mark 23 x 18 cm.
Hand-colored
Description
Depiction of a man and a woman dancing beneath a domed ceiling of an elegantly appointed room, with a view of a vaulted portico leading through a garden to a distant fountain. They are surrounded by other ladies and gentlemen, none of whom pay any attention to the dance. Musicians accompany them from a gallery.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825552219
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19759783
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 99ba3b40-b0d1-0133-15b3-00505686a51c
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

  • 1853: Issued
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "France. The minuet de la cœur" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1853. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da9fb420-b19a-0133-e0bc-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "France. The minuet de la cœur" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da9fb420-b19a-0133-e0bc-00505686a51c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1853). France. The minuet de la cœur Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da9fb420-b19a-0133-e0bc-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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France. The minuet de la cœur