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Description

1. 1 print : lithograph, col.; 17 x 25 cm.

Subject

1. Cancan (Dance)
2. Ballrooms > France

Call number

1. *MGZFD Bal 8

Note

1. Lower left: Paris. Ancne. Mon. Martinet. Lower right: Imp. Lemercier & Cie. Paris. Beneath image: Bal Mabille 57.
2. Depicts evening at the pleasure garden Bal Mabille, which opened to the public in Paris, 1840. Crowd dancing around a brightly lit Chinese style pavilion in an outdoor setting. Can can dancers shown at front and center.

Title

1. Bal Mabille.

Imprint

1. Paris : Lemercier & Cie, [186-?]

Local note

1. This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Pleasure gardens.

Local subject

1. Social dancing -- 19th century.
2. Prints (Graphic arts) -- Social dancing -- 19th century.

Research call number

1. *MGZFD Bal 8