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A ball-room scene: a fragment

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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COLLECTION
Prints depicting dance

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Theatrical dancers in groups or more than two but not in a ballet or theatrical dance scene

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Josephine Butler collection of dance prints

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Title
A ball-room scene: a fragment
Names
Butler, Josephine (Collector)
Doyle, John, 1797-1868 (Artist)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers in groups or more than two but not in a ballet or theatrical dance scene

Josephine Butler collection of dance prints

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1838
Place: London
Publisher: T. McLean
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFY But 9
Topics
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Ballroom dancing
Genres
Prints
Notes
Acquisition: Gift; Estate of Josephine Butler.
Biographical/historical: Josephine DeNatale Butler, 1911-1996, was a dance educator, historian, and author. She began her career in fashion design, but in 1936 she and her husband Albert Butler founded the Albert Butler School of Dance, which she directed for fifty years. They also collaborated on the monumental Encyclopedia of social dancing, versions of which first appeared in the late 1960s. In 1970 she created an archive of social dancing, encompassing print materials, moving images, and other memorabilia, at the Dance Collection (today known as the Jerome Robbins Dance Division) of New York Public Library. These prints were among a collection of additional materials donated to the Library by her estate in 1996, selections from which appeared in the Library's exhibition Cotillion to cakewalk: social dance prints, presented from May 19-Sept. 13, 1997.
Statement of responsibility: HB [John Doyle]
Content: Depicts Queen Victoria and others
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : color ; 38 x 49 cm. or smaller.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825109211
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19758824
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 662d8fd0-eeab-013b-ae5a-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1838: Created
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A ball-room scene: a fragment" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1838. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/070210e0-05da-0135-8d7c-00a91c1b7423

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A ball-room scene: a fragment" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 28, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/070210e0-05da-0135-8d7c-00a91c1b7423

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1838). A ball-room scene: a fragment Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/070210e0-05da-0135-8d7c-00a91c1b7423

Wikipedia Citation

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A ball-room scene: a fragment