Photo, Print, Drawing Pupil's Polka. Pupil's polka
About this Item
Title
- Pupil's Polka.
Other Title
- Pupil's polka
Summary
- This lithograph from circa 1857 is a sheet music cover for the "Pupil's Polka," composed by A. Tatzel and dedicated to the pupils at Hlasko's Dancing Academy in Philadelphia. The view shows the interior of a room where children attend dance class at the institute operated by Miecislaw Hlasko. A mother introduces her son to the instructor as pairs of children perform different dance steps. Parents watch the children from the dance floor and other chaperones and children sit on a long cushioned bench located on one side of the hall. Two musicians play from a raised platform adorned with a balustrade in the background. Chandeliers and a skylight are seen above the dance floor. Beneath the image, prices are printed: "Colored 4 1/2" and "Plain 3." The lithograph was produced by the firm Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, a partnership between three German-born Philadelphia lithographers: William Demme, John F. Finkeldey, and Edward Schnabel. The firm was active under this name circa 1856--57, and produced a series of prints detailing commercial buildings on Chestnut Street, as well as sheet music covers.
Names
- Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme Lithographer.
- Tatzel, A. Composer.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : G. André & Company, 1857.
Headings
- - United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- - 1857
- - Chandeliers
- - Children
- - Dance
- - Dance halls
- - Dance--Study and teaching
- - Interiors
- - Lithographs
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Digital catalog number: POS 629"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 26 x 35 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Philadelphia on Stone
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670175
Online Format
- compressed data
- image