In this black and white illustration, several figures are depicted dancing energetically. Positioned in the center, both men and women are engaged in a lively dance. The men are wearing formal attire, including top hats and suits with tails. The women wear long, flowing dresses with full skirts, featuring stripes and patterns. Some women are holding their skirts up. The background is filled with a large crowd of other spectators also dressed in formal wear, under a canopy of hanging lights. Stone arches in the far background suggest the scene takes place in a grand hall or garden pavilion.
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In this black and white illustration, several figures are depicted dancing energetically. Positioned in the center, both men and women are engaged in a lively dance. The men are wearing formal attire, including top hats and suits with tails. The women wear long, flowing dresses with full skirts, featuring stripes and patterns. Some women are holding their skirts up. The background is filled with a large crowd of other spectators also dressed in formal wear, under a canopy of hanging lights. Stone arches in the far background suggest the scene takes place in a grand hall or garden pavilion.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris

after Winslow Homer

Date
published 1867
Medium
wood engraving
Classification
Print
Accession number
1958.3.21
Credit line
Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W

Portfolio and series

Series
From "Harper's Weekly", November 23, 1867, p.744

Subjects and terms

  • amusement
  • genre
  • American
  • Dance

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