Image of three main vignettes showing dance and dramatic scenes with performers including dancers in Egyptian, historical, and burlesque-style costumes, with a windmill, a couple holding hands, and a man pushing another man off of a ledge; with two top center head-and-shoulder portraits of Imre Kiralfy and Bolossy Kiralfy; the poster advertises the dance and musical spectacle "Enchantment" produced by the Kiralfy Brothers; pasted to the verso is an untitled poster fragment with four vignettes entitled "Brilliantine's Promise," "Ephemerals," Obera's Palace," and [Babylon] showing scenes in classical settings; this poster fragment may also advertise "Enchantment" which included a character named "Fairy Brilliantine." Margins trimmed on local copy; probable date range approximated by cataloger; the show was first performed in the United States in 1879. "Imre / Bolossy / Kiralfy Bros'"--text, top centered. "Kendrick"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 50.8 x 68.9 cm (20 x 27 1/8 in.)
Kiralfy, Bolossy, -1932--Portraits Kiralfy, Imre, 1845-1919--Portraits Actors--Pictorial works Actresses--Pictorial works Ballet--Pictorial works Dancers--Pictorial works Historical dramas Historical pageants--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits Theatrical productions Kiralfy Brothers Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
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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