Acquisition: Gift; Agnes De Mille.
Biographical/Historical: Possibly a rendering of a scene from the play: The enchanted isle, or, "Raising the wind" . . . in which will be found much that is unaccountably coincident with Shakespere's "Tempest," by the brothers Brough, which was first performed Nov. 20th, 1848.

Physical Description

Engraving
Extent: 1 print : engraving, hand col. ; 15 x 18 cm.

Abstract

Print depicts three actors in a scene from The enchanted isle: a young gentleman, a young lady, and an older professor. The play is set on what appears to be a tropical island with palms, rocky outcroppings, and the sea in the background.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16687362
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd9a4ff0-c6f4-012f-6158-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1848

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from the new burlesque of "The enchanted isle," at the Adelphi Theatre" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd9a4ff0-c6f4-012f-6158-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1848). Scene from the new burlesque of "The enchanted isle," at the Adelphi Theatre Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd9a4ff0-c6f4-012f-6158-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Scene from the new burlesque of "The enchanted isle," at the Adelphi Theatre" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd9a4ff0-c6f4-012f-6158-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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