A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ... [graphic].

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11861429

Description

Title
A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ... [graphic].
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
Dance, Nathaniel, Sir, 1735-1811, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Pastorini, Benedetto, 1746- printmaker.
Vestris, Auguste,--1760-1842--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created
1781 April 2
Copyright Date
[2 April 1781]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
Torre, No. 44 Market Lane
Abstract

"Design in a circle inset in a square. A young dancer, Auguste Vestris (Vestr' Allard) in the centre of the stage. He is poised on the right toe, his left leg extended horizontally, his arms held out, a wide-brimmed hat, trimmed with ribbon and flowers in his right hand; his head thrown back rests on his right shoulder and he is smiling. Trees form the background, and on the right of the stage are flats, also of trees. In each of the lower angles of the square is a goose, standing on one leg."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
Campanion print to: "He danc'd like a monkey, his pockets well cram'd ..."
Printmakers and artist from British Museum catalogue.
Text below image continues: ... said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much; "True (said he) but every goose can."
Text in lower right corner of plate: See Plutarch's Laconic Apothegms, vol. I, page 406.
Title from text below image.
Extent
1 print : etching, stipple engraving & aquatint on laid paper ; sheet 36.3 x 31.1 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Aquatints--England--London--1781.
Etchings--England--London--1781.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1781.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1781.
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
Dance, Nathaniel, Sir, 1735-1811, artist.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Pastorini, Benedetto, 1746- printmaker.
Vestris, Auguste,--1760-1842--Caricatures and cartoons.

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Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5905

Identifiers

Orbis Record
12528860
Object ID (OID)
11861429

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