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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.
  • 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.
  • A dancing class: a girl and a boy stand in first position, as the teacher plays the violin. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
  • 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.