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Dance teachers

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  • A young woman being instructed to dance by an older woman, both of them dressed in extreme fashions, while a foreign dancing master accompanies them on the violin. Engraving, 1771.
  • Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A dancing class: a girl and a boy stand in first position, as the teacher plays the violin. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
  • A dancing class: a girl curtsies as a young man bows to her, the teacher plays the violin and a girl stands in a box. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • A dancing lesson: a boy in a sailor suit dances the hornpipe as the teacher plays the violin; the girl is standing with a stretcher across her back. Etching by George Cruikshank.
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    A dancing lesson: a boy in a sailor suit dances the hornpipe as the teacher plays the violin; the girl is standing with a stretcher across her back. Etching by George Cruikshank.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: Augt. 1st 1835 | Reference: 34291i
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    Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Reference: 26652i
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    Your presence is requested at Suvanto / Maile Chapman.

    Chapman, Maile. | Date: 2010
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    A dancing class: a girl curtsies as a young man bows to her, the teacher plays the violin and a girl stands in a box. Etching by George Cruikshank.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: Augt. 1st 1835 | Reference: 34289i
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    A young woman being instructed to dance by an older woman, both of them dressed in extreme fashions, while a foreign dancing master accompanies them on the violin. Engraving, 1771.

    | Date: Oct.19th 1771 | Reference: 35512i
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