<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The York-minuet [graphic].</dc:title><dc:creator>Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[14 December 1791]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"The Duchess of York (left), full face, dances a minuet with a partner whose figure and profile suggest the Prince of Wales. He faces her, his left forefinger touching her left forefinger, his right arm outstretched, holding his hat. Her dress is cut very low and she displays her tiny feet (cf. BMSat 7930, &amp;c), showing her leg to the knee in a way then considered immodest."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image; the letter 'k' in 'York' seems to have been etched on the plate as 'y' and altered by hand after printing.</dc:description><dc:description>Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.</dc:description><dc:description>Temporary local subject terms: Dancing -- Dances: minuet.</dc:description><dc:description>1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.2 x 27.5 cm, on sheet 25.0 x 31.1 cm.</dc:description><dc:description>Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 8 of 12.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>