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James Gillray
1756-1815
The York-minuet
etching, hand-colored
image: 214 x 260 mm; plate: 230 x 274 mm; sheet: 240 x 297 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2753
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Decr. 14th 1791 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Summary:
The Duchess of York (left), full face, dances a minuet with a partner whose figure and profile suggest the Prince of Wales. He faces her, his left forefinger touching her left forefinger, his right arm outstretched, holding his hat. Her dress is cut very low and she displays her tiny feet, showing her leg to the knee in a way then considered immodest.
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