THE COTILLION DANCE.

Date1771

Engraver James Caldwell

After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Publisher John Smith (fl. 1750 - 1789)

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOH: 11 1/4" x OW: 14 1/4"; Plate H: 10 1/8" x W: 14 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-484

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE COTILLION DANCE./ Jn.o Collet Pinx./ Ja.s Caldwall Sculp./ London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, N.o 53 Fleet Street, & Jn.o Smith, N.o 35 Cheapside./ Published as the Act directs, 10 March, 1771."
Label TextFour men and four women are shown with hands joined in a circle and dancing to the music of a fiddler and a piper in the balcony of the ballroom.