Galerie des fêtes, Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer, between 1875 and 1882

This illustration shows the magnificent central ballroom of the hôtel de ville de paris filled with people in formal wear dancing beneath dozens of ornate chandeliers. With the beginning of the second empire in 1852, such high-class affairs became a matter of course once again in paris. Date: between 1875 and 1882. Dimensions: 8.5 x 13.3 cm. Medium: lithograph. Collection: Brown University Library. Galerie des fêtes - Hoffbauer