Details
Creator Harnisch, Carl, 1800-1883, artist.
Contributor Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Title Reminiscences of a fancy dress ball, in Philadelphia, February 1850. [graphic] / Drawn from nat: & on stone by C. Harnisch.
Publisher Philadelphia: P. S. Duval's steam lith. press
Date [1850]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph mounted on paper; 50 x 43 cm.(19.5 x 16.5 in.)
Description View puportedly showing "Naylor's Grand Fancy Dress Party" at the Masonic Hall on February 5, 1850. Party attendees, most in costume, crowd the floor and balconies of the hall. Costumed guests include a monk holding a cross, harlequins, peasants, Native Americans, and fops. Also shows some guests displaying suggestive behavior, including nuzzling and a man holding a woman's breast. A small orchestra plays in the right of the image and guests dance in the background. Hall decorated with a tropical backdrop.
Is referenced by Wainwright 308
Notes Manuscript note on recto: Chinese Museum.
Title partially printed on mount.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 638
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 04 H 291
Manuscript note on verso: Purchased from Charles Sussler 9/11/[19]57. Penrose fund.
Name and location of ball supplied by Wainwright as cited in the Public Ledger, February 5, 1850, p. 3. Scene more likely of the Maennechor Fancy Dress Ball at the Chinese Museum announced in the Public Ledger, February 4, 1850.
Subject Masquerades -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Orchestras -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dance -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1840-1850.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 04 H 291