Descent of Madame Saqui surrounded by fireworks [graphic].

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Title: Descent of Madame Saqui surrounded by fireworks [graphic].
Published / Created: [18 May 1822]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published May 18, 1822, by Thos. Kelly, 27 Paternoster Row
Abstract: A young tightrope walker balances herself as she walks across the wire high above a crowd a fashionable dressed crowd of men, women, and children in a large field surrounded by trees. A fireworks display brightens the sky as the sun sets behind the trees
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvii.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 13.4 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Aquatints England London 1822
Etchings England London 1822
Book illustrations
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lalanne, Marguerite-Antoinette, 1786-1866,
Subject (Topic): Aerialists
Fireworks
Spectators
Subjects: Lalanne, Marguerite-Antoinette, 1786-1866
Aerialists
Fireworks
Spectators
England > London > 1822

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