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The Dancing Girls' Paradise

Caricature
1921 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bateman, Henry Mayo (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Watercolour drawing showing a dancing couple on a large empty dancefloor. A crowd of male suitor stand to one side of the floor waiting their turn with the only woman in the room. An enormous band is seated in the background on raked seating up to the ceiling. The people of colour in the band are depicted as racist caricatures.


Object details

Categories
Caricatures & Cartoons
Satire
Dance
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Caricature
TitleThe Dancing Girls' Paradise (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and watercolour
Pen and Ink and Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
H.M. Bateman. The Dancing Girls' Paradise. 1921
Physical description
Watercolour drawing showing a dancing couple on a large empty dancefloor. A crowd of male suitor stand to one side of the floor waiting their turn with the only woman in the room. An enormous band is seated in the background on raked seating up to the ceiling. The people of colour in the band are depicted as racist caricatures.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18in
  • Width: 13.625in
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. R. Holliday
Subjects depicted
Racism
Dance
Ballrooms
Caricature
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3048-1927

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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