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Book/Printed Material A cotilion [sic] Cotillion

About this Item

Title

  • A cotilion [sic]

Other Title

  • Cotillion

Summary

  • This is a charming example of late-eighteenth-century caricature. Although the specific personalities and dances cannot be pinpointed, this collection of ten couples, dressed in ball dress and displaying exaggerated dance poses, is an excellent sample of an art form that flourished in England during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Names

  • Kingsbury, W. H.

Created / Published

  • London, S. W. Fores, 1788.

Headings

  • -  German (Dance)
  • -  Dance Caricature

Notes

  • -  A continuous strip mounted on linen (26 1/2 x 208 cm) folded, accordion fashion, to form 10 leaves.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-03 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • fold. pl. 28 x 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1757 .K5

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 43035740

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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The accompanying videos were produced by the Library of Congress. Note Video Performers for additional credits for video performers.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Kingsbury, W. H. A Cotilion Sic. London, S. W. Fores, 1788. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/43035740/.

APA citation style:

Kingsbury, W. H. (1788) A Cotilion Sic. London, S. W. Fores. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/43035740/.

MLA citation style:

Kingsbury, W. H. A Cotilion Sic. London, S. W. Fores, 1788. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/43035740/>.