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The Alleghanians, vocalists and bell-players : as they appeared at the Crystal Palace, London, Jany. 6th. 1866, before an audience of eleven thousand, three hundred & eighty four person

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Title: The Alleghanians, vocalists and bell-players : as they appeared at the Crystal Palace, London, Jany. 6th. 1866, before an audience of eleven thousand, three hundred & eighty four person
Creator: Laing, Joseph, 1827 or 1828-, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1861
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of two female and three male members of the Alleghanians musical group performing on the stage of the Crystal Palace in London, England, to a full audience before them, with a British and an American flag behind them; one member plays a harpsichord, while the others stand holding sheet music and singing, with their Swiss bells on a table behind them.
Date based on year in item title. "Drawn & Printed by Joseph Lang, Lith. 107, Fulton St. N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "The Alleghanians / gave twenty-eight / Morning & Evening Concerts / at / Great St. James's Hall, London, in the month of Decr. 1865."--text, bottom left margin, in circular border. "The Alleghanians / appeared before Her Majesty, / Queen Victoria / and the Royal Family at / Windsor Castle, / Jany. 8th. - / 1866."--text, bottom right margin, in circular border.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 45.72 x 59.06 cm (18 x 23 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_002528
418257
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2651
Subject: Alleghanians (Musical group)--Portraits
Crystal Palace (London, England)--Pictorial works
Bands (Music)--Pictorial works
Bell ringers--Pictorial works
Musical entertainments
Musicians--Portraits
Musicians--Pictorial works
Singers--Pictorial works
Theaters--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Place: London (England)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Music and Theater
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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