How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with

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Dance:: Ballroom
Era:: Late 1800s (Victorian Ballroom)
Source:: Library of Congress
Rights:: Public domain — free to use, share and adapt.
Recorded as:: public_domain

How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with is an artwork in the LODance gallery of dance in art, depicting ballroom. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.

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