Minuets of the Canadians

Heriot, George (1759-1839)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1807
Height:
23.0 cm  (9 1/16 in.)
Width:
36.0 cm  (14 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
etching and aquatint, hand colored with watercolor

    Item location

  • McCord Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: M19871]Gift of Sir Frederick Williams Taylor

  • Library and Archives Canada
    [Museum inv. no.: 1989-479]

Description

This indoor scene depicts several dozen people, some of whom are dancing. Two men are playing tambourine, and one man is playing violin.

Iconclass

43C942
folk dancing (men and women together)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images


McCord Museum image

Library and Archives Canada image

Image URLs

image link 1
McCord Museum catalogue
image link 4
Library and Archives Canada catalogue

RIdIM record id

510