52.--Comic dancers. By Callot, from the act
entitled "Balli di Sfessama," 1609 A.D.]
[Illustration: Fig. 53.--Country dance. From a drawing by John
Evangelist Holtzer, 17th century.]
[Illustration: Fig. 54.--A ball-room dance, _Le Bal Pare_, of the 18th
century. From August de l'Aubin.]
[Illustration: Fig. 55.--A dance in the 18th century. From a painting
by Hogarth.]
There were, however, various other dances of a number too
considerable to describe here, also introduced. The dance of the
eighteenth century from Derby ware (fig. 59) seems to be but a
continuation in action of those of the sixteenth century, as
out-of-door performances.
[Illustration: Fig. 56.--Caricature of a dancing master. Hogarth.]
We have now arrived at the modern style of ball, so beloved by many of
the French Monarchs. Henry IV. and Napoleon were fond of giving these
in grand style, and in some sort of grand style they persist even as a
great social function to our own time. The Court balls of Louis XIII.
and XIV. at Versailles were really gorgeous ballets, and their
grandeur was astonishing; this custom was continued under the
succeeding monarchs.
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