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Shakers' dance

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Title
Shakers' dance
Names
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 (Engraver)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Subjects

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1857
Place: New York
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFD Sha 3
Topics
Religious dance -- United States
Dance -- Religious aspects -- Shakers
Genres
Prints
Notes
Source note: Cutting from Harper's New monthly magazine.
Reproduction: Cf. *MGZA Dance index, v. 1, no. 4, 1942, p. 61, for reproduction and commentary.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: Wood engraving, vignette, image: 8 x 11 cm.
Description
Inside a Shaker meeting house; men and women in separate ranks during the square order formation of a religious dance.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737010885-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12145854
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5e756840-07c4-0133-2161-58d385a7b928
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

  • 1813: Creator Born
  • 1857: Issued
  • 1891: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Shakers' dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6cee940-07c4-0133-2e06-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Shakers' dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6cee940-07c4-0133-2e06-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1857). Shakers' dance Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f6cee940-07c4-0133-2e06-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia Citation

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Shakers' dance