A Scotch reel [graphic].

Description

Title: A Scotch reel [graphic].
Published / Created: July 11, 1776.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Two couples dancing a reel. The ladies wear the monstrous feathered coiffures then fashionable, see British Museum Satires No. 5370, &c. The man on the left is short, ungainly, and very fat, he walks rather than dances. The other man dances with energy, one arm raised. All wear gloves."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description: Title etched below image.
State without plate number. For a variant state with "5" etched in upper left corner, see no. 5374 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
On leaf 5.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 36 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 5. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Etchings England London 1776
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Dance
Couples
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Dance
Couples
England > 1776
England > London > 1776

Access: Public
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