1830-1839 (made)
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'La Saint-Simonienne.' Two couples wearing fashionable evening dress ca.1830, illustrating a movement in a figure from an 1830s French social dance manual. The woman on the left wears a blue dress with foliage and flower decoration in the hear and her partner a black evening suit; the woman on the left has a dress tinted palest blue with foliage and flower decoration in her hair and her partner wears a dark blue coat. Titled and captioned below the image 'LA SAINT-SIMONIENNE. Traversez avec sa dame et revenir à so place, en avant quatre, changement de dame. Chaine des dames deux fois, en avant quatre, changement de dame et traverser avec sa dame comme la première fois. Toute cette figure le pas du galop.' Etching coloured by hand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | 'La Saint-Simonienne.' Two couples illustrating a movement in a figure from an 1830s French social dance manual. Etching coloured by hand with explanatory caption in French. |
| Physical description | 'La Saint-Simonienne.' Two couples wearing fashionable evening dress ca.1830, illustrating a movement in a figure from an 1830s French social dance manual. The woman on the left wears a blue dress with foliage and flower decoration in the hear and her partner a black evening suit; the woman on the left has a dress tinted palest blue with foliage and flower decoration in her hair and her partner wears a dark blue coat. Titled and captioned below the image 'LA SAINT-SIMONIENNE. Traversez avec sa dame et revenir à so place, en avant quatre, changement de dame. Chaine des dames deux fois, en avant quatre, changement de dame et traverser avec sa dame comme la première fois. Toute cette figure le pas du galop.' Etching coloured by hand. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| Object history | The print came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. |
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| Accession number | S.337-2000 |
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| Record created | January 5, 2001 |
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