Lord-tolan prenant sa leçon de dance, La Passions, No. 7

A portly man in a top hat, red coat and yellow waistcoat stamps through a dance step while a thin violinist in a blue coat plays with his head thrown back. A small dog rises on its hind legs beside them, and the scene is set on a shaded ground in this satirical hand-colored etching.

Look closer: A small dog standing on its hind legs, wearing a red collar, sits beside the dancer.

Artist

Basset

Date

19th century

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2670 × 3763 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Harry G. Friedman Bequest, 1967