A Native Dance (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 11)
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 9/16 in. (25 x 34.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(219)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 18th-century travel literature with *A Native Dance*, a captivating etching and engraving from Aubry de La Mottraye's monumental *Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into of Africa* (London, 1724, vol. I, pl. 11). Created between 1723 and 1724, this print9 13/16 x 13 9/16 in.) captures a lively scene of women and girls in traditional dance, offering European audiences a rare glimpse into "exotic" customs encountered during de La Mottraye's adventures. As part of the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it exemplifies how illustr...
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Vanmour|William Hogarth|Aubry de La Mottraye · 1671–1737
Comment on works: Architecture; Portraits; Genre; Turkish scenes