GROWN LADIES &c. taught to DANCE.

Date1769

After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Engraver Rennoldson

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving on laid paper with hand coloring

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 × 9 1/2in. (31.1 × 24.1cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-152

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "GROWN LADIES &c. taught to DANCE./ J. Collett Pinx.t/ Rennoldson Scuplsit/ Engrav'd after an Original Picture of M.r John Collett, in the Possession of M.r Smith./ London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.o 53, in Fleet Street, & Jn.o Smith N.o 35, in Cheapside as the Act directs Jan. 2, 1769."Label TextThis print is a satire on the lengths to which individuals would go to be fashionable. A young fashionable dance instructor teaches an older woman to dance, while two little girls giggle in the background. On the wall is pictured a parody of this scene with a monkey teaching a cat to dance.ProvenanceBefore 1952, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1952-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).