"One of two prints issued with Hogarth's treatise "The Analysis of Beauty": a ballroom scene with dancers ranging from elegant to ungainly; in the lower left corner is a pile of tricorne hats; forming a border around the main image are 41 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., and Bound in Horace Walpole's copy of Analysis of beauty along with State 3 of Plate 1. Also with the subscription ticket "Columbus breaking the egg", first state, trimmed to the image, mounted on the verso of the t.p.
An exoticly dressed man and wild hair dances with a woman in a large headdress and flowing gown as three figures look on.
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Artist's name written in ink lower right corner., Date of production based on watermark., and Watermark on paper: 1811 C[....]thley.
An exoticly dressed man and wild hair dances with a woman in a large headdress and flowing gown as three figures look on.
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Artist's name written in ink lower right corner., Date of production based on watermark., and Watermark on paper: 1811 C[....]thley.