Sujet

Barges and gondolas, c1891. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Barges and gondolas, c1891. 'Greatest of All Spectacles; Illuminated Aquatic Festivities'. Illustration from the exhibition pamphlet for 'Venice in London', a spectacular show staged by Imre Kiralfy. The entertainment was variously described as 'Venice The Bride of the Sea at Olympia', 'Venice at Olympia', and 'Venice in London'. The event required the import of 100 gondolas from Venice, with Venetian gondoliers. According to 'The Times' newspaper, 4,893,980 people visited the event in its first year.

Date

1891

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_075

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,1Mo (2,7Mo) / 37,8cm x 16,6cm / 4469 x 1963 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel transport transportation water unusual technology boat boats light playhouse entertainment lights theatre rose color lighting canal show illumination gondola gondolas Grand Canal century illuminated barges barge lantern lanterns programme illuminate concept illuminations tourist attraction MONOCHROME engraved engraving lit Up Colour scrapbook 19th century water transport nineteenth century tourism illustration pink scrap book Unknown Hartley Lyons Imre Kiralfy Kiralfy Joseph Imre 19th-century The London Archives entertainments scrapbook Venice in London Imre K?nigsbaum Imre Konigsbaum K?nigsbaum Konigsbaum Joseph Lyons Sir Joseph Nathaniel Lyons Joseph Nathaniel Lyons Joseph Nathaniel Harold Thomas Hartley Harold Thomas Harold Hartley