The Cyprian's ball at the Argyle Rooms [graphic]

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Title: The Cyprian's ball at the Argyle Rooms [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Contributor: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Published / Created: March 1, 1825.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Abstract: Men of fashion waltz with elegant courtesans in a magnificent pilastered room. A large orchestra is on a platform (right). Harriette Wilson (right) takes Stockdale's arm. Many names are given in the text of the published state. See British Museum catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xviii.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.7 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1825
Aquatints England London 1825
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman Turkey Mill 1824
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.
Subject (Topic): Ballroom dancing
Balls (Parties)
Courtesans
Couples
Orchestras
Subjects: Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846
Ballroom dancing
Balls (Parties)
Courtesans
Couples
Orchestras
England > 1825
England > London > 1825
J Whatman Turkey Mill > 1824

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