2024-11-15 Preliminary Inventory of the Prints Depicting Dance and Movement, 1781 SPEC.TRI.0111 Finding aid prepared by David Mezick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2024 November This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2025-01-02T13:29-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Prints Depicting Dance and Movement SPEC.TRI.0111 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.1 Cubic feet 1781 Prints are visual works produced by printmaking, which involves transferring ink from a form or template made of a material, such as metal or wood, to another surface, such as paper. Dance is a performing art that consists of rhythmic sequences of body movements with aesthetic and symbolic value. Prints show dance and movement in a way that is different from other formats. The Prints Depicting Dance and Movement contain an engraving of a dancer dated 1781. (1) oversize folder English Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. TRI.2024.0053: Purchased, 2012

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Prints Depicting Dance and Movement, SPEC.TRI.0111, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University

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This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: David Mezick, 2024 November

 Historical Note

Prints are visual works produced by printmaking, which involves transferring ink from a matrix to another surface, such as paper. A matrix is the form or template of an image created by using tools or chemical processes on a material, such as metal or wood. Printmaking methods include engraving, woodcut, etching, and lithography.

Dance is a performing art that consists of rhythmic sequences of body movements with aesthetic and symbolic value. The movements are often performed to music and can be purposefully selected or improvised. Dance is defined by performers and observers within a particular culture.

Prints show dance and movement in a way that is different from other formats, like video or photography.

 Scope and Contents

The Prints Depicting Dance and Movement contain an engraving dated 1781 picturing dancer Auguste Vestris. The print was engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi based on artwork created by Nathaniel Dance-Holland.

 Dance in art--18th century Dance--18th century Dancers in art--18th century Dancers--18th century Prints (visual works) Prints--18th century Prints--Technique--18th century Accession No. TRI.2024.0053 0.1 Cubic feet 1781 (1) oversize folder Scope and Contents

Accession No. TRI.2024.0053 contains an engraving dated 1781 picturing dancer Auguste Vestris. The print was engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi based on artwork created by Nathaniel Dance-Holland.

 Vestris (Auguste) ”A Stranger at Sparta” engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after artwork by Nathaniel Dance-Holland 2024 TRI Accessions Box 3 1781