Caption
Decoration executed in the courtyard of the Town Hall for the ball given to the Queen of England, Town Hall at the ball arranged in honor of Queen Victoria, 1855, print, book illustration, The royal visit of British Queen Victoria to Napoleon III (August 17-28, 1855). Decorations in the Hôtel de Ville in Paris for the ball in honor of Queen Victoria, August 1855., printmaker: Jules Worms, paper, wood engraving, height 204 mm x width 249 mm, Illustration taken from the issue of 'L'Illustration, Journal Universel' of September 1, 1855., Person, Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India), Napoleon III (Emperor of the French), ball, formal dance, public festivities at other royal events, not meant or mentioned above, Paris, City Hall (Paris), Period, 1855-08, A large crowded indoor scene showing many people dressed in historical formal attire mingling on a grand staircase and in a hall, with women in full dresses and men in tailored coats and cravats, some couples walking and others standing in groups; the architecture features sweeping curved stair railings, ornate balustrades, tall arched openings, columns with decorative capitals, draped curtains, wall-mounted candelabras, and sculpted figures holding torch-like lights; chandeliers hang from the ceiling above and potted plants and floral arrangements decorate balustrades and niches; a central wide staircase curves upward to a landing where additional figures are gathered, and lower archways reveal shadowed alcoves with more people; the overall image is rendered in detailed line work.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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