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A young woman of Otaheite dancing.

Title
A young woman of Otaheite dancing.
Author
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790.
Publication
[London, 1784]

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Additional Authors
Webber, John, 1751-1793.
Description
Engraving; image: 23.2 x 18 cm.
Subject
Yankee clipper (Choreographic work : Loring)
Note
  • J. Webber del., J. K. Sherwin sc.
  • An engraving after a drawing by John Webber, sketched during Captain James Cook's visit to Tahiti, 1777.
  • Young dancer wearing floor-length dress, pompons at breasts, pleated, fan-shaped panels at back, hat decorated with stars.
  • Basis for the costume worn by Marie Jeanne in the Tahitian sequence in Eugene Loring's 1937 ballet Yankee Clipper.
  • Plate 29 from James Cook: A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London. 1784, II.
Call Number
*MGZFH She J You 1
OCLC
NYPY737055978-F
Author
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790.
Title
A young woman of Otaheite dancing.
Imprint
[London, 1784]
Local Note
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Local Subject
Prints (Graphic arts) -- 18th century.
Ethnic dancing.
Dance -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti.
Added Author
Webber, John, 1751-1793.
Research Call Number
*MGZFH She J You 1
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