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Description: The five "Positions of Dancing" from Thomas Wilson's Analysis of Country Dancing (1811) – An analysis of country dancing, wherein all the figures used in that polite amusement are rendered familiar by engraved lines. Containing also, directions for composing almost any number of figures to one tune, with some entire new reels; together with the complete etiquette of the ball-room. By T. Wilson ... Illustrated with engravings on wood by J. Berryman. Wilson, Thomas, dancing master. Created/published 3d ed. London, J. S. Dickson, 1811. More on the publication... The colored illustrations of dancers show foot positions of a learner, while the line drawings below each dancer show the positions of a "finish'd Dancer".
Title: Five positions of dancing Wilson 1811
Credit: Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/musdi/171/0006.jpg as edited by User:Churchh on http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/wils5dnc.jpg
Author: T. Wilson
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