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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/1/54 |
| Former Reference | D5459/1/56 |
| Title | Regardez-moi, Faites Deux Pas, & Puis Pliez |
| Date | 30 Oct 1783 |
| Description | An interior scene. A French dancing master giving a lesson to a couple. On the right a dancing master holds a violin in his left hand and points at the feet of the couple with a bow he holds in his right hand. On the left a couple stand, holding hands, right foot raised. She is wearing a yellow dress with a white apron and blue sash, and he is wearing a red waistcoat and breeches and yellow jacket. Available on CD 158. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | GM Woodward Delin
October 30th 1783
"Regardez-moi" was customarily said by Gaetan Vestris, the famous French dancing master of the 1780s.
Out of sequence. |
| Physical Description | Coloured drawing. Size 248 x 223mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Related Material | See D5459/1/41 for a possible caricature portrait of Vestris' son. |
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