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Frightful Scene in the Dressing-Room of the Continental Theatre, Philadelphia, On the Evening of Saturday, September 14, 1861 - Accidental Burning of a portion of the Ballet Corps While Preparing for the Dance in Shakespeare's Play of the '"Tempest," Resulting in the Death of Seven of the Dancers published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 28, 1861
Frightful Scene in the Dressing-Room of the Continental Theatre, Philadelphia, On the Evening of Saturday, September 14, 1861 - Accidental Burning of a portion of the Ballet Corps While Preparing for the Dance in Shakespeare's Play of the '"Tempest," Resulting in the Death of Seven of the Dancers published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 28, 1861
Frightful Scene in the Dressing-Room of the Continental Theatre, Philadelphia, On the Evening of Saturday, September 14, 1861 - Accidental Burning of a portion of the Ballet Corps While Preparing for the Dance in Shakespeare's Play of the '"Tempest," Resulting in the Death of Seven of the Dancers published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 28, 1861
Artist Mr. Oelschlager (American)
Publisher Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, published by Frank Leslie (American, 1852 - 1922)

Frightful Scene in the Dressing-Room of the Continental Theatre, Philadelphia, On the Evening of Saturday, September 14, 1861 - Accidental Burning of a portion of the Ballet Corps While Preparing for the Dance in Shakespeare's Play of the '"Tempest," Resulting in the Death of Seven of the Dancers
published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 28, 1861

Date1861
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/16 × 22 in. (40.8 × 55.9 cm)
Image: 14 3/8 × 20 1/4 in. (36.5 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift from the collection of Marilyn Laufer and Tom Butler in honor of Dr. William Underwood Eiland's retirement, 2023
Object number2023.459
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