The great Russian ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863 [Military men and women dancing, New York City, at ball in honor of the visit of Russian warship] – Vintage Wall Art
![The great Russian ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863 [Military men and women dancing, New York City, at ball in honor of the visit of Russian warship], 1863 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d71d1b40b19-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures The great Russian ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863 [Military men and women dancing, New York City, at ball in honor of the visit of Russian warship] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The great Russian ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863 [Military men and women dancing, New York City, at ball in honor of the visit of Russian warship]
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The ballroom of the Academy of Music in New York, on November 5, 1863, is the setting for this wood engraving of uniformed officers and their partners dancing at a ball. The celebration honored the officers of Russian warships then visiting the harbor, a gesture of goodwill from a nation that had stayed friendly to the Union during the Civil War. Winslow Homer, who later became one of America's best-known painters, signed the design, which ran in *Harper's Weekly* later that month. The crowded floor and the mix of military dress and formal gowns show how closely the city followed its foreign guests.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engraving signed by [Winslow] Homer. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 7, (1863 November 21), p.744-745. Ref. copy in SSF(GR) - Interiors -- Ballrooms -- 1863. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Dance; C.W.--; Russians in U.S. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,346 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150473 |
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