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Two women dance the salterello as another plays the tambourine. Lithograph after Mlle. Lescot, 1818.

Chang, the great Fychow galop.

Mentally ill patients dancing at a ball at Somerset County Asylum. Process print after a lithograph by K. Drake, ca. 1850/1855.

A troupe of nautch dancing girls, standing in a line holding hands, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.

Two couples in a dance position. Ink drawing.

Malta: Royal Naval Hospital or Bighi Hospital, with sailors dancing on the shore. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J. Parker, 1843, after C.F. de Brocktorff, ca. 1819 (?).

A drunken scene in a dancing hall with a sly customer eyeing a girl. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

The Palatine hill, Rome, seen from the Aventine. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

Followers of Sri Chaitanya in a procession with flags, drums, dancing and singing. Transfer lithograph.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

A standing woman, posed with an upraised fan and pointed toe, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

Devotees of Krishna and followers of Sri Caitanya, dancing with drums, flags and narsingh horn. Chromolithograph.

Two Dutch men dancing together, accompanied by an accordionist. Colour photographic postcard, 190-.

Physical Therapies (various) ephemera. Box 1.

A woman, reclining on a rustic chair, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

Seeing and doing : / preservation.

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Dancing

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Images referencing Dancing

Works from the collections

Two Dutch men dancing together, accompanied by an accordionist. Colour photographic postcard, 190-.

Physical Therapies (various) ephemera. Box 1.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

A woman, reclining on a rustic chair, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

Seeing and doing : / preservation.

Dancing

Images from the collections

Images referencing Dancing

Works from the collections

Two Dutch men dancing together, accompanied by an accordionist. Colour photographic postcard, 190-.

Physical Therapies (various) ephemera. Box 1.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

A woman, reclining on a rustic chair, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

Seeing and doing : / preservation.

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