
Eadweard Muybridge, Dancing (fancy), 1872-1885.
Part of the RA CollectionCollotype on white wove paper. 184 mm x 417 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
Dance
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David Remfry RA, Dancers, 1989.
Part of the RA Collectionwatercolour on paper. 118 mm x 688 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
David Remfry RA
Dancers , 1989

Cesare Negri, Nuove Inventioni Di Balli, Opera Vaghissima Di Cesare Negri Milanese Detto Il Trombone, Famoso, & eccellente Professore di Ballare. Nella quale si danno i giusti modi del ben portar la vita, & di accommodarsi con ogni leggiadria di movimento Alle Creanze, 1604.
Part of the RA CollectionCopperplate engraving. 200 mm x 162 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Cesare Negri

John Gibson RA, Two girls dancing.
Part of the RA Collectionpen and ink with wash and white highlights on brown wove paper. 214 mm x 127 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
John Gibson RA

Andrea del Sarto, Pitture A Fresco Di Andrea Del Sarto Esistenti Nella Compagnia Dello Scalzo in Firenze.
Part of the RA CollectionEngraving. 240 mm x 380 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Andrea del Sarto
Pitture A Fresco Di Andrea Del Sarto Esistenti Nella Compagnia Dello Scalzo in Firenze

Francis Derwent Wood RA, The Dancer, 1919.
Part of the RA CollectionBronze on marble base. 495 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Francis Derwent Wood RA
The Dancer , 1919

Edweard Muybridge, Woman dancing (Fancy), plate 187 of Animal Locomotion, 1884 - 1886.
Collotype on white wove paper. 18.4 x 41.7 cm. Royal Academy of Arts, London. Image © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Prudence Cuming.
Edweard Muybridge
Woman dancing (Fancy), plate 187 of Animal Locomotion , 1884 - 1886

Sir Gerald Kelly PRA, Ma Seyn Mé I, ca. 1909.
Part of the RA CollectionOil on board. 347 mm x 270 mm. © . © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
Sir Gerald Kelly PRA
Ma Seyn Mé I , ca. 1909

Sir David Wilkie RA, Study of dancing figures for 'The Penny Wedding', ca. 1818.
Part of the RA Collectionpen and brown ink on cream laid paper. 104 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sir David Wilkie RA

Unknown maker, Cast of the Dancing Faun, ?1781.
Part of the RA CollectionPlaster cast. 1510 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Unknown maker
Cast of the Dancing Faun , ?1781

Harriet Lassalle, Disco Dancing No 3, ca.1982.
Part of the RA CollectionOil on cottonduck. 1523 mm x 1530 mm x 20 mm. © Copyright holder. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Harriet Lassalle
Disco Dancing No 3 , ca.1982
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