A caricature of a couple, shown full-length, dancing awkwardly. A lanky man attempts to dance with a corpulent woman but steps on her dress hem in the process
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Title written in ink below image., Attributed to William Heath by curator., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
An image of two couples who appear to be dancing. The couple on the left includes a short, stocky man and a large buxom woman. The man is standing on his toes looking up to the woman while she gazes beyond his head. The couple on the right includes a lanky gentleman who is holding onto the index figure of a woman wearing a large plume in her hair
Alternative Title:
Precision & ease and Ardour and dignity ; Precision and ease
Description:
Titles written in ink below each image., William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840., and Sheet has a long crease down the center.
A couple, caricatured and shown full-length, stand with the feet intertwined as the man clasps the woman under her arms. He has long legs and arms and a jutting chin; she, somewhat older than the man, is sharp-featured and appears to be falling
Description:
William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A caricature of a couple, shown full-length, dancing awkwardly. The woman (left) wears a pink dress and holds a heart-shaped pruse. She rests her arm on the shoulders of the man as he wraps his arm around her waist
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Title written in ink below image., Mounted on paper the verso of which shows a map of the estate, Ballygorn, of John Henry Keogh, Esq., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Text above image: Quadrille. Evening fashions. Dedicated to the heads of the nation., Two lines of verse on both sides of title: "Nature, I thought, perform'd too mean a parte, Forming her movements to the rules of art, And Vex'd I found the dandy barbers hand, Had o'er the dancers heads too great command. Prior"., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Beards, Couples, Dandies, and Dance
A caricature showing a couple full-length as they dance. The older man with a very large and balding forehead holds the arm of a young girl; both are standing on their toes. She is holding a fan and looking away from the man
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attributed to William Heath by curator., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A caricature of a couple, full-length and fashionably dressed in a simple way, are shown in profile kissing. The length of their arms is exaggerated and are in contrast to their short legs. The woman's eyes are open but the man's are closed
Alternative Title:
Conclusion
Description:
Title written in ink, below image., Mounted on the verso of an estate map of Creeves, in Limerick County, Ireland., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
An awkward couple, caricatured and drawn full-length, are shown dancing. An older woman whose decorative plumage extends beyond the man's head, has a crooked nose and lanky features. The man, somewhat younger, has a protruding chin
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Title from caption in brown ink, below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath., Mounted on the verso of an estate map., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.