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Royal Horse Guards Quadrille — Five Figures (G. A. & Co. plate 375, c.1859; Powers collection)
Publisher: Single-sheet engraved quadrille caller-card published by 'G. A. & Co.' (unidentified British publisher; plate number 375); printer's mark 'H. Hsko.' Dated c.1859 by the Powers collection cataloguing. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/ABBYY TXT/1859_RoyalHorseGuards.txt — 42 lines OCR; cover-card + 5 figure descriptions). Five-figure quadrille set themed on the British Royal Horse Guards regiment, captioned 'as adopted by Society in Europe and the United States.' Pre-dates the Bonstein 1884 Royal Horse Guard Quadrille canonical (H-REG-QUAD-F0887) by 25 years — documents the earliest corpus attestation of the Royal Horse Guards Quadrille tradition. Distinct from the Howe 1859 'Lancers as danced in Boston' (POWERS-1859-HOWE-DRAWING) and from the Royal Polka Sett of Hillgrove 1858 — this is a stand-alone 5-figure quadrille (not Lancers, not Polka Quadrille). Figure structure: (1) Half right & left + Turning corners + Half right and left to places + Turning corners + Ladies chain + Balance to corners + Turn corners; (2) Forward four & back + Four to the left & back + Forward eight + Turning round with corner partner; (3) Forward four and back + Forward four with Ladies' turn + Chassé to right & left + Turning to places; (4) First and second couple promenade + Side couples promenade + Ring to outside + Forward eight + All balance + Turning to places; (5) Grand chain + All balance + Ladies turn round with successive Gentlemen + Final Grand chain. Standard French quadrille call-vocabulary throughout (right & left, turning corners, ladies chain, balance, grand chain) — distinct from the Bonstein 1884 version which uses cavalry-formation calls (wheel, right-flank, trot). Has_Step_Detail=None: figure-level call notation only, no per-step footwork or counts.Year: 1859Family: rhgquadCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Single-sheet engraved quadrille caller-card published by 'G. A. & Co.' (unidentified British publisher; plate number 375); printer's mark 'H. Hsko.' Dated c.1859 by the Powers collection cataloguing. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/ABBYY TXT/1859_RoyalHorseGuards.txt — 42 lines OCR; cover-card + 5 figure descriptions). Five-figure quadrille set themed on the British Royal Horse Guards regiment, captioned 'as adopted by Society in Europe and the United States.' Pre-dates the Bonstein 1884 Royal Horse Guard Quadrille canonical (H-REG-QUAD-F0887) by 25 years — documents the earliest corpus attestation of the Royal Horse Guards Quadrille tradition. Distinct from the Howe 1859 'Lancers as danced in Boston' (POWERS-1859-HOWE-DRAWING) and from the Royal Polka Sett of Hillgrove 1858 — this is a stand-alone 5-figure quadrille (not Lancers, not Polka Quadrille). Figure structure: (1) Half right & left + Turning corners + Half right and left to places + Turning corners + Ladies chain + Balance to corners + Turn corners; (2) Forward four & back + Four to the left & back + Forward eight + Turning round with corner partner; (3) Forward four and back + Forward four with Ladies' turn + Chassé to right & left + Turning to places; (4) First and second couple promenade + Side couples promenade + Ring to outside + Forward eight + All balance + Turning to places; (5) Grand chain + All balance + Ladies turn round with successive Gentlemen + Final Grand chain. Standard French quadrille call-vocabulary throughout (right & left, turning corners, ladies chain, balance, grand chain) — distinct from the Bonstein 1884 version which uses cavalry-formation calls (wheel, right-flank, trot). Has_Step_Detail=None: figure-level call notation only, no per-step footwork or counts. (1859). Imported from local collection.