A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.

Dance in Art

A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.

Unknown artist

Dance:
Waltz
Source:
wellcome
Rights:
Check

A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862. is a public-domain artwork in the LODance gallery of dance in art, depicting waltz. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.

More Waltz artwork

Eadweard Muybridge's phenakistoscope, 1893WaltzingWaltzes from MaritanaFrontispiece to the Esmeralda waltzesThe night dancers waltzesOnly one waltz more