GROWN GENTLEMEN taught to DANCE.

Date1767

After work by John Collet 1725(?) - 1780

Engraver John Goldar

Publisher T. Bradford

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper with hand color

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4in. (31.1 × 24.8cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-153

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "GROWN GENTLEMEN taught to DANCE./ J. Collett pinxit/ J. Goldar Sculpsit/ Engraved after an Original Picture of M.r John Collett, in the Possession of M.r Bradford./ Published by T. Bradford, N.o 132 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 27.th June 1767."Label TextThis print is a satire on the lengths individuals go to in order to be fashionable. The awkward man at center takes a dancing lesson from a fashionably dressed instructor while a bored musician plays the violin. Hanging on the wall is a based on a print of one the Auretti sisters who were both ballerinas.ProvenanceBefore 1952, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1952-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).