Imre Kiralfy's Grand Naval Spectacle, Madison Square Garden – Antique Print
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A window into the past: Imre Kiralfy's Grand Naval Spectacle, Madison Square Garden, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Imre Kiralfy's Grand Naval Spectacle, Madison Square Garden
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Few entertainments of the period were staged on the scale of Imre Kiralfy's naval spectacle at Madison Square Garden. Kiralfy, a Hungarian-born impresario who built his reputation on enormous theatrical pageants, filled the arena with a large cast, painted scenery, and mechanical effects meant to recreate life at sea and naval battle. The Garden's great hall, designed by Stanford White and opened in 1890, let him stage productions that a conventional theater could not hold. Such shows were part of a wider late-19th-century fascination with the navy, which had grown more visible in the public eye as the United States built up its modern fleet.
| Original scan | 3,072 × 1,360 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2124u |
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