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| The Dancing Dolls John Burnet, 1821 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This lithograph entitled, “The Dancing Dolls” depicts a lively marionette performance being held in a family home. Published in London in 1821, it comes from Hurst, Robinson & Co.
The hand-colored engraving shows a boy (the puppeteer) playing a drum and a pipe whilst making two marionettes (tied to a cord) dance by using his knee to move the cord back and forth. An old woman, a man with a baby on his lap and a young girl holding a dog watch the performance from within the home while two small children watch from the open window.
The original drawing is by John Burnet (F.R.S., 1784 - 1868).
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