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Royal Vauxhall Gardens: opinions of the London press on the performances of Mr. G.W. Pell's Serenaders, including Boz's Juba, T.F. Briggs, the greatest banjo player in the world, J.H. Everton, J.W. Valentine, and M.C. Ludlow, lately arrived from America

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division posters and broadsides

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Title
Royal Vauxhall Gardens: opinions of the London press on the performances of Mr. G.W. Pell's Serenaders, including Boz's Juba, T.F. Briggs, the greatest banjo player in the world, J.H. Everton, J.W. Valentine, and M.C. Ludlow, lately arrived from America
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division posters and broadsides

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1848 (Questionable)
Place: Lambeth (London, England)
Publisher: W.J. Dailey, printer
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZP-19+++ Lon V 1
Topics
Lane, William Henry, ca. 1825-1852
African American dance
Dance, Black -- England
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Genres
Broadsides
Notes
Content: Gold and black border devices. Contains 30 excerpts of commentary from British periodicals on events and attendance at Vauxhall Gardens from June 14-July 2, 1848 (29 in English, 1 in German), featuring performances by the black dancer Juba.
Content: Periodicals cited are: Times, Observer, Era, Mark Lane express, Illustrated London news, Sunday times, Weekly dispatch, Ladies newspaper, News of the world, Advertiser, Britannia, Post, Literary gazette, Standard, Herald, Weekly chronicle, Mirror and United Kingdom magazine, Deutsche Londoner Zeitung, Morning advertiser, Court journal, Bell's life, United service gazette and military chronicle, and John Bull.
Restriction: This item is available only through advance appointment. Please email dance@nypl.org to make an appointment.
Physical Description
Screen printing
Extent: 1 broadside on silk : ill. (printer's border devices) ; approx. 50 x 66 cm. (image size 45 x 61 cm.)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926030975-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12231213
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e813af0-746a-0134-8e9c-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 2017: Digitized
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Royal Vauxhall Gardens" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c6b1a70-746b-0134-9574-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Royal Vauxhall Gardens" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c6b1a70-746b-0134-9574-00505686a51c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1848). Royal Vauxhall Gardens Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c6b1a70-746b-0134-9574-00505686a51c

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Royal Vauxhall Gardens