Maureen Cassidy-Geiger ist eine der bedeutendsten Forscherinnen zur Kultur am sächsischen Hof im 18. Jahrhundert. 

Am Donnerstag, dem 8. Oktober (16:00 Uhr), hält sie einen Vortrag mit dem Titel Ein Souveniralbum vom Aufenthalt des Marquis von Titchfield in Warschau im Jahr 1759: Quellen und Bedeutung der Karnevalskostüme der „Inventions Masquerade allerhand Nationes“, die Jerzy August Mniszech und Carl Leonhard Bieberstein während des Karnevals jenes Jahres veranstalteten.

A Souvenir Album from the Marquess of Titchfield’s Sojourn in Warsaw in 1759: 

The sources and significance of the carnival costumes of the Inventions Masquerade allerhand Nationes hosted by Jerzy August Mniszech and Carl Leonhard Bieberstein during carnival that year

At least two masquerade balls were held in Warsaw in February 1759, with the new Duke of Courland, Prince Charles of Saxony (1733-96), in attendance. The Marquess of Titchfield’s souvenir album, in the collection of the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey (UK), contains watercolors of thirty-one individuals wearing ‘his-and-her’ masquerade costumes representing pastoral or regional types, foreign nations, Olympian gods, the trades, the elements, or actors and actresses. Most of the sheets are captioned in French and twenty-six are also inscribed, in another hand, with the names of the men and women of the Polish court who wore the various outfits. While not intended as portraits, many of the illustrations derive from albums of engravings published as collector’s items and artistic resources as were collected by the Saxon court for use in mounting festival events. It is even possible the masquerade costumes were manufactured in Saxony and traveled between Dresden and Warsaw as needed, like so much of the court equipment required by the king and the court as they progressed from place to place.

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