JEAN-BAPTIST LEPRINCE (FRENCH, 1734-1781)
The Russian Dance
signed 'Le Prince' (lower left), numbered 2/6 (verso)
aquatint
23 x 29 cm. (9 x 11 1/2 in.)

The Russian Dance was part of the collection of prints Le Prince submitted to the French Salon in 1769 to showcase his mastery of the aquatint technique.

Literature
Drawings by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince for the Voyage en Sibérie, exhib. cat., Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, and other locations, 1986, nos. 37 and 38