A captivating poster featuring the Krewe of Rex’s “Heavenly Bodies” floats for the 1896 Mardi Gras. One of the oldest participants in Mardi Gras and the source of many of its storied traditions, the Krewe of Rex was founded in 1872 on the occasion of the visit to New.....
![Miss Fanny Kemble, as Julia in The Hunchback]. Thomas Sully, after](/pictures/thumb/3541_1.jpg?v=1560463334)
A scarce and very fine lithographic portrait of Fanny Kemble as Julia in James Sheridan Knowles’ play The Hunchback, after a painting by Thomas Sully. Kemble and her father toured the United States in 1832–1833, immediately following her much acclaimed performance as Julia in London. Both Sully’s painting and this.....