Books+ Search Results
A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ..
Title
A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ... [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Published 2st [sic] April 1781 by Torre, No. 44 Market Lane, [2 April 1781]
Physical Description
1 print : etching, stipple engraving & aquatint ; sheet 36.3 x 32 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from text below image.
Printmakers and artist from British Museum catalogue.
Text below image continues: ... said to a Lacedaemonian, I do not believe you can do as much; "True (said he) but every goose can."
Text in lower right corner of plate: See Plutarch's Laconic Apothegms, vol. I, page 406.
Campanion print to: "He danc'd like a monkey, his pockets well cram'd ..."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"Design in a circle inset in a square. A young dancer, Auguste Vestris (Vestr' Allard) in the centre of the stage. He is poised on the right toe, his left leg extended horizontally, his arms held out, a wide-brimmed hat, trimmed with ribbon and flowers in his right hand; his head thrown back rests on his right shoulder and he is smiling. Trees form the background, and on the right of the stage are flats, also of trees. In each of the lower angles of the square is a goose, standing on one leg."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 12, 2015
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 5905
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1781.
Etchings - England - London - 1781.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1781.
Aquatints - England - London - 1781.
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
