Bal Celtique

Category

Library Item

Item no

12233

Title

Bal Celtique

Description

A group of men and women gather to talk in the reception area in the Assembly Rooms. The men are dressed in full highland costume and the women wear long fancy dresses. At the front on the left of the picture a boy wearing a kilt stands holding a decorated staff. In the right distant corner of the hall is a group of pipers. The hall is decorated with flags and military objects including shields, swords and axes. The dancers at the ball can be seen through the curtained arched entrance to the ballroom.

Artist / maker

D'Hardiviller, Chevalier

Engraver

Unknown

Date

1837

Size

35.6 x 48.8 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection