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  • Two Dutch men dancing together, accompanied by an accordionist. Colour process print, 190-.

    Date
    [between 1900 and 1909?]
    Reference
    2060401i
    Part of
    James Gardiner Collection: Romantic fantasy and comic postcards, and photographs on gender and masculinity.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Physical Therapies (various) ephemera. Box 1.

    • Ephemera
  • 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.

    • Boilard, active approximately 1720
    Reference
    20262i
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  • A woman, reclining on a rustic chair, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Date
    [approximately 1900]
    Reference
    530563i
    • Pictures
  • Seeing and doing : / preservation.

    • Glaser, Daniel.
    Date
    2004
    • Audio
  • A large group of Africans, dancing in an open area. Photograph by H. Binks, ca.1900.

    • Binks, H.
    Reference
    537998i
    • Pictures
  • Marguerite Agniel posing in a somersault position wearing a revealing silver two-piece costume and matching turban, on a rug, in a photographic studio. Photograph by J. de Mirjian, ca.1929.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    540205i
    • Pictures
  • A man from the Hawaiian Islands dancing; encountered by Captain Cook during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by C. Grignion after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

    • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
    Date
    [1784]
    Reference
    566718i
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  • A man, in a satin tunic and fur hat, dancing a "Cossack" measure in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1899-1908.

    • Hana, George Henry.
    Date
    1899-1908
    Reference
    528635i
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  • As a girl plays the piano and a boy plays the flute other couples dance to the music. Engraving, ca. 1830.

    Date
    1830-1839
    Reference
    34275i
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  • A standing woman, holding a bottle of Pastora and sipping from a glass, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Date
    [approximately 1900]
    Reference
    530506i
    • Pictures
  • Putti dancing in a formation. Process print after L. Cambiaso.

    • Cambiaso, Luca, 1527-1585.
    Date
    [between 1800 and 1899?]
    Reference
    2855101i
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  • A standing woman, wearing a fringed shawl, behind a mock balustrade and in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Date
    [approximately 1900]
    Reference
    530572i
    • Pictures
  • A young man plays a harp and an old man plays a violin as two girls dance under a tree watched by fruit pickers. Etching by John Thompson after D. Maclise.

    • Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870.
    Reference
    34243i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.

    Reference
    21357i
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  • Cats dancing and playing instruments. Lithograph, ca 1829, after G Cruikshank.

    • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
    Date
    12 Oct 1829
    Reference
    39793i
    • Pictures
  • Mr. Nicholson's thousand guinea fete : Cremorne House, King's Road, Chelsea : first day - Monday, July 31st ...

    • Fairbrother, S. G. (Samuel Glover), active 1823-1855
    Date
    [between 1840 and 1849?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online
  • Soaring : the diary and letters of a Denishawn dancer in the Far East, 1925-1926 / by Jane Sherman.

    • Sherman, Jane, 1908-2010.
    Date
    [1976], ©1976
    • Books
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  • Marguerite Agniel posing kneeling on one leg stretching the other behind her, wearing a revealing silver (?) two-piece costume and matching turban, in a photographic studio. Photograph by J. de Mirjian, ca.1929.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    540142i
    • Pictures
  • A man dancing and laughing as a result of the effects of nitrous oxide gas. Engraving.

    • Griffin, John Joseph, 1802-1877.
    Reference
    23223i
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  • Men in costume dancing with torches under a pergola by night; a women is served with a drink at the side. Engraving.

    Reference
    34183i
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  • Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).

    • Loggon, T.
    Date
    [1824?]
    Reference
    23495i
    • Pictures
  • Events around and about !! : February - March 1993 / London Lighthouse.

    • London Lighthouse
    Date
    1993
    • Ephemera
    • Online
  • Two scenes: a group of men and women men wrestling; and two men sing and dance with a woman. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

    • Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.
    Date
    1834
    Reference
    643208i
    • Pictures
  • Devotees of Krishna and followers of Sri Caitanya, dancing with drums, flags and narsingh horn. Chromolithograph.

    Reference
    26213i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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