Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A French family.
Call Number
C South 02/Drawer 06/GC112/Half Folio/Prints GA 2014.00793
Identifier
ark:/88435/6t053q09g
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1786/03/--.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1786
Extent
1 item ; sheet 42.4 x 53.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, pp. 58, 170, 272-273
Paston. Social Caricatures, no. 105.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
Depiction: Monsieur and his family are probably professional dancers, and the picture introduces us to their more intimate hours of practicing. At all events we find nearly the entire generation giving up their energies to the practice of the one accomplishment in which the politest of nations was supposed to enjoy pre-eminence.
Signed in plate, lower left: "T. Rowlandson delin.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "S. Alken fecit.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Families—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Dancers—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Musicians—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—France—Caricatures and cartoons
Recreation—France—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/08e15678-b470-468e-9310-e9f3cad173c2/manifest