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A dance lesson and manners, Caricature of three French sailors giving a dance lesson, Anecdotes from the Marquesas Islands, Civilization on the Marquesas Islands, cartoon, Series number, 2, 22, The sailors give a dance lesson to a group of female inhabitants of the Marquesas Islands, who are dressed in Parisian fashion. They want to teach them various French dance forms, such as the cancan and the chaloupe orageuse., number: '17', printmaker: Edouard de Beaumont, printer (person): Aubert & Cie., Paris, publisher: Pannier & Cie., 1843, printer (person), paper, lithography, letterpress printing, lithography with text in letterpress on recto and verso, height 363 mm x width 240 mm, The print from: Le Charivari, 1843. The printmaker of the series mocks the original inhabitants of the Marquesas archipelago and the French colonial rulers., dancing, colonial system, Australian and Oceanian races (caricatured), training, ballet, French Polynesia, Marquesas Archipelago, A group of people stand closely together in a framed sketch showing a scene with sailors and local women. In the foreground three men in sailor outfits face inward; one man seen from the back wears a dark round hat and a loose shirt tucked into trousers, another leans slightly with a hand on his hip and a faint smile, and a third stands with arms folded and a hat on. Behind and to the right a small crowd of women cluster, two wearing headscarves and loose dresses, one holding an umbrella over the group. Facial expressions vary from smiling to neutral, and the figures cast soft shaded shadows on the ground. The drawing is done in pencil or charcoal on aged paper with visible border lines around the illustration.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B38_152

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55.9Mb (6.0Mb) / 12.4in x 17.5in / 3715 x 5257 (300dpi)

Keywords

dance lesson manners Caricature three French sailors giving dance lesson Anecdotes Marquesas Islands Civilization cartoon Series number 2 22 sailors give group female inhabitants dressed Parisian fashion want teach them various French dance forms cancan chaloupe orageuse number 17 printmaker Edouard de Beaumont printer person Aubert & Cie Paris publisher Pannier & Cie 1843 paper lithography letterpress printing text letterpress recto verso height 363 mm x width 240 mm print Le Charivari series mocks original inhabitants Marquesas archipelago French colonial rulers dancing colonial system Australian Oceanian races caricatured training ballet French Polynesia Marquesas Archipelago people stand closely together framed sketch showing scene sailors local women foreground three men sailor outfits face inward man back wears dark round hat loose shirt tucked trousers another leans slightly hand hip faint smile third stands arms folded hat on right small crowd women cluster two wearing headscarves loose dresses holding umbrella Facial expressions vary smiling neutral figures cast soft shaded shadows ground drawing done pencil charcoal aged paper visible border lines illustration