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Print, The Gallery of H.M.S. Calcutta (Souvenir of a Ball on Shipboard)
This is a Print. It was created by James Joseph Tissot and print maker: James Joseph Tissot. It is dated 1876 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is drypoint on off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Souvenir of a Ball
By the late nineteenth century, travel was an integral component of society life for both men and women. It was also an opportunity for displays of lavish wealth, and James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot’s print, relating to a painting of the same title, and the second in his set of three “social conversation pictures,” illustrates this trend. Treated in a light operatic manner, this romantic triangle, composed of two women and a gentleman, takes place on a ship deck set against the background of a grand harbor. His protagonists’ psychological states are revealed not only in their facial expressions, which suggest highly controlled competition, but also in their unbalanced positions, which make their emotional drama palpable.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Souvenir of a Ball.
This object was
donated by
Edmond C. Bonaventure.
It is credited Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure.
Its dimensions are
34.5 x 46.8 cm (13 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
It is signed
Upper right, in the plate: J.J. Tissot 1876
Cite this object as
Print, The Gallery of H.M.S. Calcutta (Souvenir of a Ball on Shipboard); James Joseph Tissot (French, 1836 – 1902); Great Britain; drypoint on off-white wove paper; 34.5 x 46.8 cm (13 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.); Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure; 1951-13-4
