Hand-coloured engraving of a costumed street procession with a violinist and giant laurel-crowned heads with open mouths at right, before a colonnaded building.

A masque: procession with giant laurel-crowned heads

A hand-coloured engraving shows a costumed procession passing a pale colonnaded building with tall windows, including a figure in a plumed turban, a musician with a violin, and revellers in hats and tunics. At right, three enormous grimacing heads wreathed in laurel tower over the street, while a small figure crawls toward one open mouth.

Artist: Robert Edler von Spalart
Date: [1804?-1811?]
Medium: Engravings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2790 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1821.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century early 19th century engraving hand-colored print satirical print laurel wreath procession costume colonnade theatre mask