The celebrated Mademoiselle G-m-rd or Grimhard from Paris [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[26 May 1789]eng"An opera dancer, on one foot, strikes an attitude with her right arm extended, left arm held above her head. She is grotesquely thin; her face with upturned head shows a long muscular neck, her arms are emaciated and muscular and her hands are almost those of a skeleton. Her mouth is large, tightly set, and drawn down at the corners in an expression of grim determination. She is simply dressed and wears a feathered hat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the same compositionTitle etched below image.Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue, but this attribution has subsequently been questioned. See British Museum online catalogue.Artist attribution to "Mr. Batty" is based on a manuscript note on an impression in the British Museum. See British Museum catalogue.Variant state, with different publisher's street address in imprint, or a print issued with the publication line "Publd. as the act directs by E. Humphrey, May 26th, 1789, at No. 51 New Bond Strt." Cf. No. 7589 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges.Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 7 of 12.