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Charming Minuet

A trio of sisters dance a charming minuet for their dollies in this great vintage image from the May 24th, 1881 edition of Harper’s Young People.

There was a little poem that accompanied the unsigned drawing and I think it explains the drawing far better than I ever could.

Little Annie,
Little Fannie,
Dance a charming minuet,
Make a cunning little set,
While their little sister plays,
And the dolls’ admiring gaze.
They go tripping to and fro,
Till their blood is in a glow,
Turning round and round about,
That is lots of fun no doubt
Both for Annie
And for Fannie.

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