The Masked Ball, Given to the King and Queen by the City of Paris on 23 January 1782 on the Occasion of the Birth of the Dauphin

Jean-Michel Moreau1782

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Title: The Masked Ball, Given to the King and Queen by the City of Paris on 23 January 1782 on the Occasion of the Birth of the Dauphin
Creator: Jean-Michel Moreau after P. L. Moreau
Date Created: 1782
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Dessiné d’apres nature et gravé par J.M. Moreau le je.” with full inscriptions
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1948
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: dance, dancers, festivals, France, music, Paris
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 521 mm x 397 mm (20.51 in. x 15.63 in.).
Bibliography: Bocher 200; Draibel 40; Portalis and Beraldi 38 ii/ii (vol. 2, p. 161). The “Mercure de France” of 24 January 1782 describes the enormous crowds at the event. Upon entering the ballroom, the King and Queen were so closely surrounded that the Queen cried, “I am suffocating” and the King was obliged “de se faire place à coups de coude. Malgré cela, ils ont paru s’amuser” (quotation entered into previous database from uncited secondary source?)
Associated People: Created by Jean-Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814), After P. L. Moreau (French)
Accession Number: 1948.D1.4

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